controversy

controversy 指围绕相反意见展开的争议、论战，也可指由此产生的纷争。

💡 记忆钩子

把它想成两股方向相反的力量彼此拉扯：意见对立，便形成争议；争议持续扩大，就可能变成公开的纷争或社会话题。

📝 学习建议

不要把 controversy 简单理解成普通的“讨论”；它通常强调意见对立、分歧明显，甚至带有冲突性。
先掌握“引发争议”和“围绕某事的争议”这类核心用法，再理解它表示具体争议事件或公共话题的用法。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 争议；论战；纷争

📖 指人们围绕某个问题持有相反意见，并因此展开争论或发生冲突。它既可以强调意见对立的过程，也可以指已经引起广泛关注的争议事件。

💡 常见搭配是“引发争议”“陷入争议”“围绕某事的争议”以及“有争议的决定”。它既可作可数名词表示一场具体争议，也可作不可数名词泛指争议这种情况；不要用它表示单纯的意见或一般讨论。

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The new law has sparked controversy among parents and teachers.

这项新法律在家长和教师之间引发了争议。

The decision remains a source of controversy.

这项决定仍然是争议的来源。

controversies plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 1 组

a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

同义词集: controversy contention contestation disputation disceptation tilt argument arguing

they were involved in a violent argument

上位: conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute 下位: fight, firestorm, sparring

🌳 词源

源自拉丁语，原意与“转向相反方向”有关，后来发展为“意见对立、争议”。

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrā Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ttós Proto-Italic *worssosder. Latin vorsusder. Latin versus Latin contrōversus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin contrōversia Old French controversiebor. Middle English controversie English controversy From Middle English controversie, from Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia (“debate, contention, controversy”), from contrōversus (“turned in an opposite direction”).

🔄 变式

controversies plural

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