詞彙精選：controversy的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

爭論，爭議，辯論，論戰

例句：

In his own lifetime Galileo was the centre of the controversy.

伽利略在世之日一直是激烈的論戰中心。

例句：

There was a huge controversy and a new law was enacted.

那次事件引起了很大的爭議並導致一條新法律的頒佈。

二、詞義辨析：

controversy,argument,conflict,debate,dispute,quarrel,strife

這組名詞均有“爭執、不和”之意。controversy側重指深刻的意見分歧，多指對引起廣泛興趣或非常重要的問題的辨論。argument指辯論雙方均以事實或理由來說服對方的辨論。conflict指雙方堅持已見、互不妥協，懷有敵意的爭論，多暗示分歧極爲嚴重，有時用語言無法解決，只得訴諸武力。 debate通常指經過仔細組織和計劃的個人或團體之間的辯論。dispute普通用詞，側重指長時間，言詞激烈，針鋒相對的爭辯。quarrel普通用詞，既可指言詞激烈的爭吵，也可指溫和的言詞上的不和。strife指因不可緩和的矛盾而引起的爭吵或鬥毆。

三、參考例句：

The proposed cuts have caused considerable controversy.

削減開支的提議引起了相當大的爭議。

The new government appointments have caused much controversy.

政府在人事上作的新的委任，引起了許多爭論。

The controversy over genetically modified crops rages on.

關於轉基因農作物的爭議持續不斷。

The main culprit of this whole controversy is the broadcaster.

這場爭論的針對者應該是那些廣播公司。

Facebook, of course, is where the controversy began.

她與網友的論戰就是在Facebook上展開的。

The controversy surrounding the take-over yesterday continued to reverberate around the television industry.

昨天圍繞接管展開的爭論在電視業仍然有巨大的反響。

The decision had been agreed in principle before today's meeting, but some controversy surrounded it.

該決定在今天的會議之前就已達成原則上的共識，但圍繞這一決定還存在一些爭議。

There has been a lot of controversy over the use of flag.

關於這面旗幟的使用尚有很多爭議。

There was a huge controversy and a new law was enacted.

那次事件引起了很大的爭議並導致一條新法律的頒佈。

A bitter controversy about the siting of the airport is rumbling in the designing institute.

設計院裏正吵吵嚷嚷着對機場選址問題作激烈爭論。