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/ˌkɑːntrəˈvɜːrʃəl/ · /ˌkɒntrəˈvɜːʃəl/
Causing a lot of disagreement, because many people have strong and different opinions about it.
有爭議的
比較級 more controversial最高級 most controversial
核心畫面
You can picture a room where people have turned to face each other over one topic — nobody is neutral, strong opinions pull in opposite directions. That is what 'controversial' points at: a subject that makes people take sides and argue.
可以想成一個房間裡，大家為了同一件事各自轉過身來、面對面站定：有人強烈贊成、有人強烈反對，沒有人是中立的。contr…更多收起
可以想成一個房間裡，大家為了同一件事各自轉過身來、面對面站定：有人強烈贊成、有人強烈反對，沒有人是中立的。controversial 指的就是這種會讓人分成兩邊、各執一詞的話題。From the word’s history
From Latin controversus 'turned against', from contra 'against' + versus (past participle of vertere 'to turn'): literally a matter people are turned against each other over. The modern 'causes strong disagreement' sense sits right on that image.
源自拉丁文 controversus「轉向對立」，由 contra（相對、對著）加 versus（vertere「轉」的過去分詞）組成，字面就是「大家為此轉身互相對峙」。今天「引起強烈爭議」的意思，正好落在這個畫面上。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/controversial)
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
controversialadj/ˌkɒn.tɹəˈvɜː.ʃəl/
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Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.
- Whole libraries of controversial books.
- MAHER: Well, whatever. I just said we shouldn't have two national anthems. We're one country. It's not a good idea. We've seen what happens in other countries where you have, you know- when you separate things out. That's never where America was. That's never where liberalism was. It was about being a colorblind society. So, a new national anthem? Fine. I'll go for that. But not two. Because that leads down a road we don't wanna go. Applause. KIMMEL: Do you feel like... MAHER: Thank you. KIMMEL: Hey there's a lot of fear in the air and generally, you don't want to be caught applauding something that might be controversial. MAHER: I couldn't give a fuck. KIMMEL: I wasn't talking about you.
- 2
Engaging in or given to controversy; disputatious, argumentative.
controversialnoun/ˌkɒn.tɹəˈvɜː.ʃəl/
- 1
archaicSomeone or something (such as a matter or an argument) that is controversial.
- No fundamental doctrine was omitted. Controversials were carefully avoided. Whether any blessing attended these attempts, will be known at the last day.
- Blowing like a blast of fresh astringent air into the hot-house atmosphere of these vapid languors, came news from America of a Rational Dress Campaign. Mrs. Amelia Bloomer’s conspicuous controversials were a wonderful gift to Punch, and were welcomed with enthusiasm and joyful derision by the cartoonists […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。