The dilemmas arise in the gray area where the national consensus is itself vague or contradictory.

It is a contradiction in terms.

这在措词上是自相矛盾的.

One should not think slightingly of the paradoxical.

人们不应该轻视自相矛盾的东西.

These curiously inconsistent pirates fell peacefully to sleep.

这些稀奇自相矛盾的海盗也就安心地睡觉了.

This ambiguity may seem paradoxical.

这种模棱两可的说法似乎自相矛盾.

She noticed several minor inconsistencies in his argument.

她觉察到他的论点有几处略微有些自相矛盾.

These statements are thus redundant but they must be self-consistent.

这样列出的式子是多余的,但这些式子必须是不自相矛盾的.

The paradox inherent in this situation is easy to state.

在这种情形中固有的自相矛盾之处显而易见.

The answers to this question were various and contradictory.

对这个问题的回答前后不同,而且自相矛盾.

When he condescended to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour.

他赏脸开腔后，半个小时内就有三四次说话自相矛盾。

He often talks in circles, frequently contradicting himself and often ends up saying nothing.

他说话经常兜圈子，老是自相矛盾，常常到最后什么也没说。

A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one.

以营利为目的的公共服务机构——这是典型的用词上的自相矛盾（如果真有这种说法的话）。

The argument is internally contradictory.

论据本身自相矛盾.

Apart from anything else, he comes near to contradicting himself.

不说别的，他几乎自己就是自相矛盾。

He is notorious for making unexpected, often self-contradictory, comments.

他发表的那些出人意料而且经常自相矛盾的评论令他臭名昭著。

As is better late than never the action, these measures have the necessity very much.

作为亡羊补牢之举, 这些措施很有必要.

Stop putting things off. It's never too late to take precautions after suffering a loss.

不要再拖拖拉拉了, 亡羊补牢为时未晚!

A : Remember a stitch in time saves nine. So what are you doing now?

记住,亡羊补牢,犹为未晚. 那你现在打算 怎么办 ?

Lock the barn after the horse is stolen.

贼去关门;亡羊补牢.

What if're making a mistake can't undo?

如果我们犯的错是不能再亡羊补牢的又怎么办?

Which means better late than never.

虽然是亡羊补牢,总比不教好.