Some would argue that is a bit of an oxymoron, given that these agencies are in fact meant to be independent.

有人会认为这有些自相矛盾，因为这些机构本应是独立的。

So it's almost an oxymoron but it works.

所以这几乎是矛盾的，但它确实有效。

I actually think clean cereal is an oxymoron really, at least when it's store bought.

我实际上认为干净的麦片真的是一种矛盾修饰法，至少在商店购买时是这样。

Now it sounds like an oxymoron fat free cheese right?

现在听起来是个矛盾的说法，无脂奶酪，对吧？

How can a state or country be minority-majority? Isn’t that, like, an oxymoron?

一个州或国家怎么能成为少数群体占多数呢？这难道不是一种矛盾吗？

So, you can't have a " short giant." That's an oxymoron.

所以，你不能有一个“矮个子巨人”。这是个矛盾修辞法。

Well, I'm saying it sounds like an oxymoron, right?

DB：嗯，我是说这听起来很矛盾，对吧？

I've just gone slightly out of shot, there, so let's write " oxymoron" down here.

我只是稍微出了点画面，所以我们在这里写下“矛盾修辞法”。

I mean, to me, it's just an oxymoron, it makes no sense.

我的意思是，对我来说，这根本就是个矛盾的说法，完全没有道理。

" Medieval science" is not an oxymoron, he writes.

他写道，“中世纪科学”不是矛盾的说法。

Do you know what an oxymoron is?

你知道什么是矛盾修辞法吗？

You know, in the end, I want policy science not to be an oxymoron.

你知道，最终，我希望政策科学不再是一个自相矛盾的术语。

You know, I want policy science not to be an oxymoron.

你知道，我希望“政策科学”这个词不再自相矛盾。

In fact, I consider the phrase, analyze the future, one of the great oxymorons.

事实上，我认为“分析未来”这一短语是最大的自相矛盾之一。

And sometimes it feels almost like an oxymoron.

有时候这几乎是一个矛盾修辞法。

Yeah, I was going to say, it sounds like an oxymoron.

是啊，我本想说，这听起来是个自相矛盾的说法。

Seems like an oxymoron to me, but whatever.

- 对我来说似乎自相矛盾，不过无所谓了。

The effect of inert substance is an oxymoron.

无效物质的作用本身就是自相矛盾的。

Eight, quiet leadership is not an oxymoron.

八、安静的领导力并非自相矛盾。

Because I'm obviously, yeah, I mean, healthy beef jerky is an oxymoron.

显然，健康牛肉干是个自相矛盾的说法。