1. oxymoron矛盾修辞法:是将两个互相矛盾,互不调和,的词放在同一个短语中,产生特殊的深刻含义的一种修辞手段。比如:a clever fool聪明的傻瓜true lies真实的谎言 2.paradox悖论,指事物自相矛盾。比如:It is a paradox that such a rich country should have so many poor people living in it.如此富足的国家竟有如此多的穷人, 这是个矛盾的现实.
结合原文可用几个表示法,例如:The bad and the good are a perpetual conflict. 好人和坏人是一对永远的矛盾体. Man is really something of a paradox. 人是一个非常复杂的矛盾体.People, is really a contradiction. 人啊, 真是一个矛盾体.