paradox

He was a paradox—a loner who loved to chat to strangers.

他真是个矛盾人物，生性孤僻却又喜欢和陌生人闲聊。

Teachers and students alike have experienced the curious paradox that beginners, as a rule, tend to think too little about what they are doing because they think too much about what they are doing.

老师和学生都有过这样奇特的矛盾经历：一般来说，初学者往往对自己正在做的事情（的本质）想得太少，因为他们对自己正在做的事情（的细节）想得太多了。

'More haste, less speed' is a well-known paradox.

“欲速则不达”是人们熟知的似非而是的隽语。

Jennifer Lee, an author of The Asian American Achievement Paradox, says misunderstandings between first-generation Asian-American parents and those who have been in this country longer are common.

《亚裔美国人成就悖论》（Asian American Achievement Paradox）一书的作者珍妮弗·李（Jennifer Lee）表示，第一代亚裔美国父母和那些在美国生活了更久的人之间的误解很常见。

The learning paradox is at the heart of "productive failure".

学习悖论是“生产性故障”的核心。

The story contains many levels of paradox.

这个故事包含很多层面的悖论。