These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but bear with me.

这些似乎是不切实际或自相矛盾的选择，但请先容我讲完。

Let's just follow the paradoxical timeline through BEYOND its paradoxical conclusion.

让我们跟随这个矛盾的时间轴，超越它矛盾的结论。

His argument is that the unusual history of these people has (subjected) them to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this (paradoxical) state of affairs.

他的论点是，不同寻常的历史导致这个群体遭受了极不寻常的精神压力，正是这种压力导致了这种矛盾的状况。

A bit different and it is quite paradoxical because I'm an actor but I'm also very shy, so it's kind of like a difficult thing to kind of sell yourself and to…

我有点不样而且比较矛盾的点是，我虽然是个演员，可是却非常害羞，这在推销自己的方面就显得有些困难。

Eric feels a strange, paradoxical sense of helplessness and liberation.

Eric 有种怪异、矛盾的无助感和解放。

And telling these people, " What you're doing is stupid, " " what you're doing is irrational, " " what you're doing is immoral, " can have the paradoxical effect of motivating them to do exactly what you don't want them to do.

“你的所作所为是愚蠢的”、“你的所作所为是不理智的”、“你的所作所为是不道德的”，可能会产生相反的效果，激发他们去做你不想让他们做的事。

It may sound paradoxical, but for homeowners like Hilina, that's bad news.

这听起似乎有些矛盾，但对希莉娜这样的房，这是个坏消息。

We can — if it doesn't sound too paradoxical — love a stranger.

我们可以——如果这听起不太矛盾的话——爱个陌生人。

This paradoxical thought is the glue that holds " Life as We Made It" together.

这矛盾的想法就像胶水，将《我们创造的生活》书中的内容凝聚在起。

The idea behind yin and yang is kind of paradoxical.

阴阳背后的想法有点矛盾。

The madness seems a paradoxical sign that the marriage itself will be a sensible idea.

如果觉得疯狂，那似乎吊诡地显示了 婚姻本身是个明智的想法 -- 但并不是。

That paradoxical finding appears in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

这矛盾的研究发现已经在《美国流行病学》杂志上发表。

Near-death experiences actually have a paradoxical effect that makes us feel more alive and awake.

濒死体验其实有种矛盾的效果，让我们感觉更有活力、更清醒。

I think it says that people that prefer solitude have this paradoxical stance in life.

我想这明了喜欢独处的人在生活中有种矛盾的立场。

The scientist may be " one of history's most essential and paradoxical" figures, as Mr Nolan has put it, but he is not likely to return for " Oppenheimer 2: Learning to Love the Bomb" .

正如诺兰所，这位科学家可能是“历史上最重要、最矛盾的”人物之，但他不太可能再拍部《奥本海默2：学会热爱炸弹》。

Yet all this constitutes a paradoxical question that gives us much gray hair after the very comfort of enjoying the charming art: How would the reclusive artist have responded to this scale of popularity?

然而，所有这些都构成了个矛盾的问，在享受了迷人的艺术之后，这个问让我们百般思考：这位隐居的艺术家会如何回应这种受欢迎的程度？

Perhaps a better word, I said, was contradictory, or even paradoxical, because the central fact of his life was that he had committed brutal murders, and yet he did not think of himself as a murderer.

也许更合适的词汇是 “矛盾” 甚至是 “自相矛盾”，因为他的人生的核心事实是他犯下了残忍的谋杀，然而他并不认为自己是个杀人犯。

Here then is the first pole of life's paradoxical demands on us: never too busy for the wonder and the awe of life.

不要因生活过于忙碌而忽略了它的奇妙和庄严。

Now you'd have to ask, well, that seems a little bit paradoxical, because maybe the parasite wants to have more rabbit establishing rather than less.

“现在你不禁要发问，这似乎有点矛盾，寄生虫不是应该希望繁殖更多后代，而不是减少后代数量吗？”

Paradoxical intention is a form of reverse psychology where you do the opposite of the thing that you set out to do.

矛盾意向是反向心理学的种形式，即你所做的事情与你想要做的事情正好相反。