他是个自相矛盾的人。
一个激情四溢的人，能够坚守礼节，持有严格的职业道德，还能每天早早起床写上几个小时，可能是自相矛盾的。
Paradoxically, perhaps, for a man of passions, he is unfailingly courteous and possessed of a disciplined work ethic, rising early every morning to write for several hours.
研究表明，好奇的人同时具有看上去自相矛盾的两种期望：他们一方面想寻找新奇的事物，另一方面，他们又希望每件事都各安其所。
Studies have shown that curious people have a mixture of seemingly conflicting desires: they seek novelty and strangeness and yet they also want everything in its proper place.
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