The public are capable of holding a number of apparently contradictory attitudes.公众会持有数种明显互相矛盾的态度。

advice that sometimes is contradictory and confusing有时前后不一且令人费解的意见

Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.海关官员就这台设备作出了一系列自相矛盾的陈述。

He seemed to be in a contradictory mood, saying the opposite of whatever I said.他看起来是想找碴, 我说什么他都反对。