contentious
听听怎么读
英 [kənˈtenʃəs]
美 [kənˈtɛnʃəs]
是什么意思
引起争论的,有争论的;爱争论的;爱议论的;矫情
英英释义
contentious[ kən'tenʃəs ]
- adj.
- inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
"a style described as abrasive and contentious"
同义词:combativedisputatiousdisputativelitigious
- involving or likely to cause controversy
"a central and contentious element of the book"
- inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
学习怎么用
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- There is a contentious clause in the treaty.
这条约中有一条有争议的条款。
权威例句
Contentious PerformancesContentious Performances: IndexContentious Repertoires in Great Britain, 1758-1834Lipid rafts: contentious only from simplistic standpoints.Contentious Issues and World Politics: The Management of Territorial Claims in the Americas, 1816-1992Governing Water – Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building by Ken ConcaHistory in Person: Enduring Struggles, Contentious Practice, Intimate IdentitiesConca, Ken . 2006. Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building . Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.Cytoskeletal organization, phylogenetic affinities and systematics in the contentious taxon Excavata (Eukaryota)When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century/Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics ...