causing a lot of angry public discussion and disagreement 引起争论的;有争议的 a highly controversial topic 颇有争议的话题 one of the most controversial of London’s new office blocks 伦敦最有争议的新办公楼之一 A controversial plan to build a new road has met with protests. 一项有争议的修建新路的计划遭到了抗议。 Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon were both controversial figures. 温斯顿 · 丘吉尔和理查德 · 尼克松都是有争议的人物。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2, Feelingsb2a highly controversial subject 很有争议的课题 Her controversial new play sparked a riot outside the theatre. 她那部有争议的新戏在剧院外引起了骚动。 It is one of the most controversial of London's new office buildings. 这是伦敦最有争议的新办公楼之一。
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin controversialis, from controversia, from controversus ‘turned against, disputed’, from contro- (variant of contra- ‘against’) + versus, past participle of vertere ‘to turn’.