contentious

英 [kənˈtenʃəs]

美 [kənˈtenʃəs]

adj.  可能引起争论的; 爱争论的; 充满争吵的

GRE法律

Collins.1 / BNC.8879 / COCA.8932

牛津词典

adj.

• 可能引起争论的
  likely to cause disagreement between people
  1. a contentious issue/topic/subject
     有争议的问题 / 话题 / 主题
  2. Both views are highly contentious.
     两种观点都很有争议。
• 爱争论的；充满争吵的
  liking to argue; involving a lot of arguing
  1. a contentious meeting
     争论不休的会议

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有争议的;引起争论的
  Acontentiousissue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.
  1. Sanctions are expected to be among the most contentious issues.
     制裁可能会是争议最大的问题之一。
  2. ...a country where land prices are politically contentious.
     因土地价格引发政治争议的国家
• ADJ-GRADED 爱争论的;动辄争吵的
  Acontentiousperson seems to like arguing and disagreeing with other people.
  1. Rodney was a cheerful, elegant and gregarious if rather contentious man.
     罗德尼尽管非常喜欢与人争辩，却是个阳光、优雅、合群的人。

双语例句

• The most contentious point is a change to determine who is the rightful inventor.
  最有争议的一点就是决定谁是合法发明人产生了变化。
• For example, there are contentious debates over the role of price speculation in the commodity markets.
  有很多问题引起争议，比如价格投机在商品市场中的作用问题就引起了辩论。
• Whether the policy made any headway remains contentious.
  不过，该政策是否取得了进展仍存在争议。
• But we can also use this strategy to improve slow-running, contentious INSERT programs.
  但是，我们还可以使用该策略提高运行慢、有争议的INSERT程序。
• There are simply too many participants, too many contentious issues and too many domestic political concerns to discuss.
  谈判参与方、有争议的问题和有待讨论的国内政治关切实在是太多了。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.
  从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。
• They're too contentious, and there are many sides to every issue.
  他们太有争议，有许多方面的每一个问题。
• His imprisonment had been a contentious issue in Israel.
  他的被捕在以色列一直是一个有争议的问题。
• Probably the most contentious issue in GWT's architecture is the switch to the Java language for client-side code.
  GWT架构中最具争议的问题可能就是在客户端代码中对Java语言的切换。
• Rodney was a cheerful, elegant and gregarious if rather contentious man.
  罗德尼尽管非常喜欢与人争辩，却是个阳光、优雅、合群的人。