矛盾修饰法Oxymoron

3．言简意赅，起概括作用． 矛盾修饰法对复杂的概念起概括作用。常常语言精练出 奇．意思含蓄深刻。例如： Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. “与其做愚蠢的智人，不如做聪明的愚人。”莎士比亚 用十分简练的语言表达了深刻的哲理，给人以启迪。
3 adv. + adj. falsely true words 虚伪诚实的话 a wisely stupid idea 自作聪明的傻主意 a mercifully fatal blow 仁慈的致命打击 He was conspicuously absent at the party. 他引人注目 地未出席会议。 4 n. + n. a love-hate relationship 又爱又恨的关系 a life-and-death struggle 生死存亡的斗争
Oxymoron: (矛盾修饰）
oxymoron英音：[,ɔksi'mɔ:rɔn]美音：[,ɑksɪ'mɔrɑn] It is a compressed paradox, formed by the conjoining( 结合) of two contrasting, contradictory or incongruous(不协调) terms as in bitter-sweet memories, orderly chaos(混乱) and proud humility(侮 辱).
Oxymoron(矛盾修饰法)
1 adj. + n. 1) proud humility 骄傲的谦卑 2) present participle → adj. speaking silence 千言万语的沉默 3) past participle → adj. long-lived death 永生的死亡 4) The mother is undergoing the joyful pain, and the painful joy of childbirth. 这位母亲正经受着分娩时那种欢乐的痛苦和痛苦的sent participle changelessly changing 不变地变化 deliciously aching 令人愉快地疼痛 6 v. + adv. shine darkly 暗淡地发光 die merrily 快乐地死去 hasten slowly 慢慢地快起来 groan loudly 大声地呻吟
Oxymoron
Features: contradictory in meaning The complexity of things Example:
A cheerful pessimist纵情享乐的厌世者 Painful pleasure 悲喜交集 A thunderous silence雷声般的沉默
2 adj. + adj. sour-sweet days酸甜的日子 cold pleasant manner 冷淡热情的态度 bitter-sweet memories 苦甜参半的回忆 poor rich guys 贫穷的富人 bad good news 坏的好消息 my wonderful lousy poem 我绝妙的糟诗 a miserable, merry Christmas 又悲又喜的圣诞节
The Function of Oxymoron
1．形成鲜明生动的对比，给人以深刻的印象。例如： He sat in the square and washed them．so changelessly changing, so bright and dark, so grave and gay． changelessly与change是意思相反的两个词，表面上看好 像风马牛不相及，但经推敲后，我们不但不觉得矛盾， 反而觉得入情入理。作者需要描写的正是这种“既始 终如一，又变化多端”的景色。
7 of-phrase the feather of lead 铅铸的羽毛 the sound of silence 沉默的声音 Note: The difference between paradox and oxymoron In paradox, it is sentence meaning that is contradictory （句子含义矛盾）; In oxymoron, it is words meaning that is contradictory （词汇含义矛盾）.
2．加强语势。起强调作用。 构成矛盾关系的两个词一般属于修饰和被修饰的关系， 所以往往强调了被修饰词．例如： An atmosphere of dangerous calm could be felt throughout the mining region. 为了渲染气氛．加强语势，作者用dangerous来修饰calm， 给人以一种很不平静的感觉，从而使这种“平静”得到 了强调，给人一种身临其境的强烈感受。