| 单词 | controversy |
| 释义 | controversy (once / 236 pages) n A controversy is a dispute or argument in which people express strong opposing views. When a popular TV show kills off a well-loved character, there's bound to be a lot of controversy. Controversy means a quarrel (often public) involving strong disagreement, but the topic can be as unimportant as a new movie. There might be a controversy in the pages of fashion magazines over whether shorter hems are really in style, or about wearing white after Labor Day. Controversy is from the Latin contrōversus, "turned in an opposite direction," from the prefix contrā, "against," plus versus, a form of vertere, "to turn." WORD FAMILYcontroversy: controversial, controversialist, controversies+/controversial: controversially, noncontroversial, uncontroversial/controversialist: controversialists/uncontroversial: uncontroversially USAGE EXAMPLESHer appointment sparked controversy due to her previous employment links to China’s military. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) At the time, The Economic Consequences of the Peace created an instant controversy. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The most important political task of 2017 transcends the normal run of issues and controversies. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) n a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement Syn|Hypo|Hyper arguing, argument, contention, contestation, disceptation, disputation, tilt argle-bargle, argy-bargy a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument firestorman outburst of controversy sparringan argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage polemica controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) fightan intense verbal dispute conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute a disagreement or argument about something important |
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