词汇精选：controversy的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

争论，争议，辩论，论战

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论战中心。

例句：

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

那次事件引起了很大的争议并导致一条新法律的颁布。

二、词义辨析：

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

这组名词均有“争执、不和”之意。controversy侧重指深刻的意见分歧，多指对引起广泛兴趣或非常重要的问题的辨论。argument指辩论双方均以事实或理由来说服对方的辨论。conflict指双方坚持已见、互不妥协，怀有敌意的争论，多暗示分歧极为严重，有时用语言无法解决，只得诉诸武力。 debate通常指经过仔细组织和计划的个人或团体之间的辩论。dispute普通用词，侧重指长时间，言词激烈，针锋相对的争辩。quarrel普通用词，既可指言词激烈的争吵，也可指温和的言词上的不和。strife指因不可缓和的矛盾而引起的争吵或斗殴。

三、参考例句：

The proposed cuts have caused considerable controversy.

削减开支的提议引起了相当大的争议。

The new government appointments have caused much controversy.

政府在人事上作的新的委任，引起了许多争论。

The controversy over genetically modified crops rages on.

关于转基因农作物的争议持续不断。

The main culprit of this whole controversy is the broadcaster.

这场争论的针对者应该是那些广播公司。

Facebook, of course, is where the controversy began.

她与网友的论战就是在Facebook上展开的。

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

昨天围绕接管展开的争论在电视业仍然有巨大的反响。

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

该决定在今天的会议之前就已达成原则上的共识，但围绕这一决定还存在一些争议。

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

关于这面旗帜的使用尚有很多争议。

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

那次事件引起了很大的争议并导致一条新法律的颁布。

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

设计院里正吵吵嚷嚷着对机场选址问题作激烈争论。