contentious
美 [kənˈtenʃəs]
英 [kən'tenʃəs] 
- adj.可能引起争论的;爱争论的;充满争吵的
- 网络好争吵的;有争议的;引起争议的
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英汉双解
1. | 可能引起争论的likely to cause disagreement between people |
| a contentious issue/topic/subject 有争议的问题╱话题╱主题 |
| Both views are highly contentious. 两种观点都很有争议。 |
2. | 爱争论的;充满争吵的liking to argue; involving a lot of arguing |
| a contentious meeting 争论不休的会议 |
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If the United States really wanted to make progress in the talks, it could address a number of contentious issues, he said.
孙振宇表示,若美国真的要让谈判有所进展,则可以致力解决多个具有争议性的议题。
That db4o simply returns cached objects instead of more implicitly handling them is something of a contentious issue.
Db4o仅仅返回缓存对象,而不对其更多地进行隐式处理,这是一个有争议的话题。
A ballistic missile defense system stationed in Europe has been a contentious issue between the United States and Russia for many years.
多年来,设在欧洲的弹道导弹防御体系一直是美国和俄罗斯争论不休的问题。
"The cooperation and flexibility that the delegations had shown in agreeing on contentious issues is commendable, " he said.
“值得赞扬的是各代表团在有争议的问题上达成一致意见时所体现出来的合作精神和灵活性”,他说。
Cor. 11: 16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we do not have such a custom of being so, neither the churches of God.
林前十一16若有人想要强辩,我们却没有这样的规矩,神的众召会也没有。
The other contentious figure was $1 million, which she said she had "hoped" to raise, but had never claimed to have "already" raised.
另一个引起争论的数字是100万美元,对此她表示那是曾“希望”筹到的款额,但自己从未说过已经筹到了这个数目。
In fact, these targets, especially taken together, have been highly contentious during the two years of discussions, and for good reasons.
事实上,这些目标(特别是合在一起)一直是两年谈判中具有高度争议的问题,而且理由充分。
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the church of God.
若有人想强辩,那麽他该知道:我们没有这样的风俗,天主的各教会也没有。
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
若有人想要辩驳、我们却没有这样的规矩、神的众教会也是没有的。
But the unique medical and commercial value of the herbal extract artemisinin have made it a contentious issue in China.
但青蒿素这种植物提取物,却又因其独特的药用和商业价值在中国引发了一场争论。
The exact nature of these penalties remains just as contentious as many other details.
这些不利条件也许会像其他计划细节那样引发争议。
It is even prepared to be flexible over the contentious issue of the name the island uses.
台湾甚至准备柔性处理存在争议的名称。
Sadly, the increasingly contentious state of global economic relations is unlikely to produce such a consensus anytime soon.
令人忧心的是,鉴于目前日趋紧张的全球经济关系,要达成这样一项共识,看来不大会在短时间内实现。
If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice--nor do the churches of God.
若有人想要辩驳,我们却没有这样的规矩,上帝的众教会也是没有的。
It was one of the most contentious hires Apple ever made.
对苹果来说,雇佣佩珀马斯特是一次极具争议的事件。
Singapore announced new steps to curb immigration as it tries to defuse one of its most contentious emerging political issues .
新加坡出台了限制移民的新措施,努力缓和这个争议最大的新政治问题之一。
Far more contentious would be the case of a clinicallydepressed patient who believed life was simply not worth living.
但更具争议的是有些抑郁的病人仅仅因为觉得没有生存的价值便放弃生命。
Japan and China agreed to set up a hotline. China and Vietnam agreed to finish marking their contentious land border by the end of the year.
中日同意开通了热线,中国和越南也同意在今年年底确定有争议的领土边界。
Jobs was able to build a new management team that was less contentious and a bit more subdued.
乔布斯于是可以着手建立一支少一些争吵,多一点温柔的管理团队。
As a diverse, contentious people, we know our rights. We definitely get the "land of the free" part of our national anthem.
作为一个多种族融合、强争善辩的民族,我们明白自己的权利,我们的确拥有了一个像国歌中所唱的“自由的国度”。
Both views are highly contentious.
两种观点都很有争议。
And with it, mothering has become one of the most contentious issues around.
此后,母性成为我们所面对的最具争议性的问题。
The spirit of the contract areas is applicable damages, has long been a contentious legal issues.
对于合同领域是否适用精神损害赔偿,一直以来是一个有争议的法律问题。
More reconstruction packages will follow, bringing with them contentious tax rises and yet more government borrowing.
更多的灾后重建计划会相应出台,随之而来的是备受争议的税收增长及政府借贷问题。
The vegetarian pet debate is a contentious one among vegetarian pet owners and veterinarians and is one not likely to go away anytime soon.
素食宠物的话题在宠物主人和兽医之间非常有争议并且一时难以解决。
The degree of Federal leadership, coordination, and control of programs has been among the most contentious of these.
其中最有争议的莫过于联邦政府的领导权、协调权和项目控制权的大小。
The new geopolitics of food looks a whole lot more volatile -- and a whole lot more contentious -- than it used to.
新型食物地缘政治将比以往更加反覆无常——并且更具争议性。
Migration is likely to be a contentious issue at June's European summit (see this paper by the Centre for European Reform).
北非移民问题很可能是欧盟六月峰会上引起争论的一个问题。
The wisdom of withdrawing fiscal stimulus in the near term is proving to be one of the most contentious in global policymaking.
短期内取消财政刺激是否明智,是目前全球决策领域争议最大的问题之一。
The committee's suggestion that research should be allowed in this contentious area is just one of several likely to create heated debate.
英国下议院科技委员提出,应该开放这块充满争议性的研究领域的建议,只是可能引起热烈争论的许多类似意见之一。
Special Committee was also set up to consider the complex and contentious issues of compensation and betterment.
当局同时成立了一个特别委员会,研究补偿与增值这些复杂及具争议性的问题。
However, the length of the rollover remains contentious, with German bankers arguing for shorter maturities.
但是,展期的时限仍存在争议,德国银行家主张的时限要短于法国的提议。
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have had a contentious relationship as political rivals.
作为前政敌,奥巴马和希拉里以前的关系是对立的。
Some of the most contentious questions focused on personal income and were deemed so sensitive they were placed at the end of the survey.
一些最有争议的问题集中在个人收入,被认为非常敏感,因此列在调查的最末。
Obama hosts the Israeli leader at the White House on Friday, in what is sure to be a contentious meeting.
奥巴马主机上周五在白宫以色列领导人,在什么是肯定会是一个有争议的会议。
Embryonic stem-cell research has been a contentious matter in America ever since the technology to do it was developed in 1998.
自从1998年开始发展以来,美国的胚胎干细胞研究一直就是备受争议的事情。
It has long been a contentious issue as to the role of instruction on formal aspects of language in task-based language teaching.
在任务型教学中,对于语言形式的关注程度,历来是一个有争议的问题。
Officials say privately that the new policy emerged only after years of contentious internal debate.
有官员私下里说,新政策是在国内多年的激烈争论之后才出台的。
China already has contentious relations with its neighbors over many transboundary water resources, especially the Mekong River.
中国已经在许多跨界河流资源上与相关邻国存在着争议,其中最突出的是湄公河。
The subject of our meeting was the Mond Bequest, a contentious issue from the time it arrived at the gallery in 1923.
我们此次会议的主题是“蒙德的遗赠”(MondBequest)——自从1923年进入该美术馆以来,这些遗赠品就成为一个富有争议的问题。
Particularly contentious is a plan to use pupils' test scores to help identify ineffective teachers as in need of retraining.
一项计划就是使用学生的考试分数来判断教师是否需要进行再培训,特别引起了争议。