| 单词 | contentious |
| 释义 | contentious (once / 3468 pages) adj A contentious issue is one that people are likely to argue about, and a contentious person is someone who likes to argue or fight. Some issues — like abortion, the death penalty, and gun control — are very controversial. They're also contentious, because people tend to argue about them, and the arguments will probably go on forever. Contentious issues get people angry and in a fighting mood. On the other hand, some people always seem to be in a fighting mood, no matter what the issue is. People like that are contentious too. WORD FAMILYcontentious: contentiously, contentiousness, noncontentious+/contend: contended, contender, contending, contends, contention/contender: contenders/contention: contentions, contentious USAGE EXAMPLESHis contentious Twitter posts belie his relative calm when he is at Mar-a-Lago compared with when he is isolated inside Trump Tower. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) It’s the third category of “settlement” that is the most contentious and that Security Council Resolution 2334 explicitly condemns: East Jerusalem. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) At a contentious NFL owners meeting in Houston, Davis finished third in the sweepstakes to get a team to Los Angeles. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits a style described as abrasive and contentious Syn combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious argumentative given to or characterized by argument 2adj involving or likely to cause controversy "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson Syn controversial marked by or capable of arousing controversy |
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