一、詳細(xì)釋義：


n.

爭(zhēng)論，爭(zhēng)議，辯論，論戰(zhàn)


例句：

In his own lifetime Galileo was the centre of the controversy.

伽利略在世之日一直是激烈的論戰(zhàn)中心。


例句：

There was a huge controversy and a new law was enacted.

那次事件引起了很大的爭(zhēng)議并導(dǎo)致一條新法律的頒布。


二、詞義辨析：


controversy,argument,conflict,debate,dispute,quarrel,strife

這組名詞均有“爭(zhēng)執(zhí)、不和”之意。 controversy側(cè)重指深刻的意見(jiàn)分歧，多指對(duì)引起廣泛興趣或非常重要的問(wèn)題的辨論。 argument指辯論雙方均以事實(shí)或理由來(lái)說(shuō)服對(duì)方的辨論。 conflict指雙方堅(jiān)持已見(jiàn)、互不妥協(xié)，懷有敵意的爭(zhēng)論，多暗示分歧極為嚴(yán)重，有時(shí)用語(yǔ)言無(wú)法解決，只得訴諸武力。 debate通常指經(jīng)過(guò)仔細(xì)組織和計(jì)劃的個(gè)人或團(tuán)體之間的辯論。 dispute普通用詞，側(cè)重指長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，言詞激烈，針鋒相對(duì)的爭(zhēng)辯。 quarrel普通用詞，既可指言詞激烈的爭(zhēng)吵，也可指溫和的言詞上的不和。 strife指因不可緩和的矛盾而引起的爭(zhēng)吵或斗毆。


三、參考例句：


The proposed cuts have caused considerable controversy.

削減開支的提議引起了相當(dāng)大的爭(zhēng)議。


The new government appointments have caused much controversy.

政府在人事上作的新的委任，引起了許多爭(zhēng)論。


The controversy over genetically modified crops rages on.

關(guān)于轉(zhuǎn)基因農(nóng)作物的爭(zhēng)議持續(xù)不斷。


The main culprit of this whole controversy is the broadcaster.

這場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)論的針對(duì)者應(yīng)該是那些廣播公司。


Facebook, of course, is where the controversy began.

她與網(wǎng)友的論戰(zhàn)就是在Facebook上展開的。


The controversy surrounding the take-over yesterday continued to reverberate around the television industry.

昨天圍繞接管展開的爭(zhēng)論在電視業(yè)仍然有巨大的反響。


The decision had been agreed in principle before today's meeting, but some controversy surrounded it.

該決定在今天的會(huì)議之前就已達(dá)成原則上的共識(shí)，但圍繞這一決定還存在一些爭(zhēng)議。


There has been a lot of controversy over the use of flag.

關(guān)于這面旗幟的使用尚有很多爭(zhēng)議。


There was a huge controversy and a new law was enacted.

那次事件引起了很大的爭(zhēng)議并導(dǎo)致一條新法律的頒布。


A bitter controversy about the siting of the airport is rumbling in the designing institute.

設(shè)計(jì)院里正吵吵嚷嚷著對(duì)機(jī)場(chǎng)選址問(wèn)題作激烈爭(zhēng)論。