复数： oxymorons

They thought such a book was an oxymoron .

出版商认为，这样的书包含着自我矛盾。

Before that oxymoron was a technical term describing a rhetorical device .

在此之前，oxymoron是一个技术术语，用来描述一种夸张的装置。

Fifth , the doctrine of expansionary fiscal contraction is an oxymoron in the current context .

第五，扩张性财政紧缩理论在当前环境下可谓自相矛盾。

They learn the words parable , oxymoron and hyperbole .

他们学习词语比喻、夸张修辞和。

Oxymoron as a contradiction in terms didn 't show up until 1902 when someone who worked hard at being lazy was said to be a living oxymoron .

矛盾修饰法作为措辞上的一种矛盾，直至1902年才出现，当时，努力学着变懒的人据说是活生生的矛盾修饰法的例子。