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- easy 239
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- unattached 12
- Editor 77
- vanilla 53
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- reg. 51
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- Outpace 221
- pipette 111
- clench 85
- the fringe 71
- leave behind 66
- roughhouse 13
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controversial
Word family
con·tro·ver·sial /ˌkɒntrəˈvɜːʃəl◂ $ ˌkɑːntrəˈvɜːr-/ ●●○ AWL adjectiveadj
DISAGREEcausing a lot of disagreement, because many people have strong opinions about the subject being discussed 引起争论的，有争议的
—controversially adverbadv
n COLLOCATIONS
nouns
a controversial issue/topic/subject
I tried to avoid controversial topics such as politics and religion.
a controversial decision
The court’s decision was highly controversial.
a controversial plan/proposal/policy
the controversial plan to build a new airport
a controversial figure (=a person who does controversial things)
He is a controversial figure in politics.
a controversial measure (=an official action that is controversial)
Banning smoking in public places was a controversial measure.
controversial legislation (=controversial laws)
The controversial legislation has not yet been officially approved.
the controversial nature of something
adverbsThe report was kept secret because of its controversial nature.
highly controversial
This policy is highly controversial.
politically controversial
The area of workers’ rights remains politically controversial.
n THESAURUS
controversial causing a lot of disagreement and angry argument, especially in the newspapers, on television etc
Abortion is a controversial subject.
The film was highly controversial at the time.
contentious formal likely to cause a lot of disagreement and argument
the contentious issue of immigration
These claims are highly contentious.
debatable/arguable used when you think that something is not certain and that people have different opinions about it, especially in the phrase it is debatable/arguable whether
It is debatable whether this book is as good as her previous novel.
It is arguable whether these measures will reduce the overall cost.
Does the treatment work? I think that’s debatable.
something is a moot point used when you think that something is not certain and that people have different opinions about it – a rather formal phrase
Whether this proposal will really reduce crime is a moot point.
Examples from the Corpus
controversial• What followed was the most controversial at-bat of the game.• Prozac is a controversial drug used to treat depression.• Then, thanks to Labour's controversial election broadcast on health, that issue, too, was effectively neutralised.• Rossellini's controversial film, "The Miracle"• A recent government paper on education contains some controversial new ideas.• The decision to use the bomb remains the most controversial question of the Second World War.
controversial figure• Played by Philip Casnoff, Sinatra emerges as a powerful yet controversial figure.• The original was said to have included even more controversial figures.• Nixon's advisers impressed upon him that such a controversial figure could not be confirmed by an overwhelmingly Democratic congress.• Renneker is a somewhat controversial figure; everyone seems to have an opinion.• But what does Pepperdine see in Starr, a controversial figure from the highest wars of politics?• Maxwell soon became a controversial figure in the world of big business.
con·tro·ver·sial adjectiveadj →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1
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