causing a lot of angry public discussion and disagreement 引起爭論的;有爭議的 a highly controversial topic 頗有爭議的話題 one of the most controversial of London’s new office blocks 倫敦最有爭議的新辦公樓之一 A controversial plan to build a new road has met with protests. 一項有爭議的修建新路的計劃遭到了抗議。 Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon were both controversial figures. 溫斯頓 · 丘吉爾和理查德 · 尼克鬆都是有爭議的人物。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2, Feelingsb2a highly controversial subject 很有爭議的課題 Her controversial new play sparked a riot outside the theatre. 她那部有爭議的新戲在劇院外引起了騷動。 It is one of the most controversial of London's new office buildings. 這是倫敦最有爭議的新辦公樓之一。
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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’.