This burglar thought old people are easy prey.

He thought his book would change society. But he didn't bring it off.

他认为他的书能改变社会，但是他没有完成它。

I thought I'd enrol you with an art group at the school.

我想我会吸收你参加学校的一个艺术团。

There must be some misunderstanding—I thought I ordered the smaller model.

一定是搞错了—我以为我订的是更小型号的。

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

困难出在那些公众意见本身就模棱两可或自相矛盾的含糊领域.

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!