喜樂美語
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    /ˈkɑːntrəvɜːrsi/ · /ˈkɒntrəvɜːsi/

    A strong public disagreement about something that many people argue about for a long time.

    爭議

    複數 controversies

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

You can picture a controversy as two sides turned to face each other and pushing in opposite directions—out in the open, in front of everyone, and dragging on for a long time.

controversy 可以想成兩方轉過身正面相對、朝相反方向使勁——而且是攤在眾人面前、僵持很久的那種對立。

From the word’s history

From Latin controversus "turned against" (contra "against" + versus "turned"): a controversy is opinions turned round to face off against each other.

字根 controversus 是「轉過來相對」（contra 相對 + versus 轉向）；controversy 就是各種意見轉過身、彼此對立的那種局面。

etymonline.com/word/controversy; Merriam-Webster (< Latin controversus 'turned against', contra + versus)

原始詞典資料1 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。

controversynoun/kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si/

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    A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.

    • [A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]
    • From time to time I have been permitted to behold the working, in different ages, of the great controversy between Christ, the Prince of life, the Author of our salvation, and Satan, the prince of evil, the author of sin, the first transgressor of God's holy law.

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。