to arouse/cause controversy
引起争论
牛津词典
a bitter controversy over/about the site of the new airport
有关新机场选址的激烈争论
牛津词典
the controversy surrounding his latest movie
围绕他最近一部电影的争论
牛津词典
The President resigned amid considerable controversy.
总统在一片争论声中辞职。
牛津词典
The proposed cuts have caused considerable controversy.
削减开支的提议引起了诸多争议。
...a fierce political controversy over human rights abuses.
关于侵犯人权问题的激烈的政治辩论
Controversy is being outweighed by catharsis as Cambodia faces up to its past.
随着柬埔寨直面自己的过去,由此得来的涤荡净化压倒了争议.
期刊摘选
The upshot of the controversy is that the pure geometers reasserted their role in mathematics.
论战的结局是纯粹几何学家重申了他们在数学中的作用.
辞典例句
The meeting was aboil with controversy.
会上争论得很激烈.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
That is an ironclad fact that is beyond controversy.
这是铁的事实,无庸置辩.
《简明英汉词典》
The controversy waged for a few years.
论战进行了好几年.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
This controversy was expected to figure importantly in their discussion.
预计这一争论将在他们的讨论中占重要位置.
《简明英汉词典》
The British media have created a fierce controversy over Oxford's admission procedures and elitism in general.
英国各家媒体一方面就牛津大学的录取规程进行争论,另一方面也在广泛意义上就精英主义展开了激烈辩论.
《简明英汉词典》
There wasn't much controversy over the candidates.
对候选人争议不大.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
That is a fact beyond controversy.
那是一个无可争论的事实.
《简明英汉词典》
Whenever there arises a controversy, he tries to keep his feet clean of it.
每当人们发生争议时, 他总是不想介入.
《简明英汉词典》
The issue engendered controversy.
这个问题引起了争论。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Alan doesn't shy away from controversy.
艾伦不回避争议。
柯林斯例句
The present controversy dates from 1986.
现在的这一争议始于1986年。
柯林斯例句
Legislation to that effect created fierce controversy both in Parliament and outside.
那类立法在议会内外都引起了激烈的争论。
柯林斯例句
The controversy is unlikely to die down.
争议不大可能平息。
柯林斯例句
The controversy regarding vitamin C is unlikely to be resolved in the near future.
关于维生素C的争议短期内不可能平息。
柯林斯例句
Many of the papers focus their attention on the controversy surrounding the Foreign Secretary.
许多报纸都把关注的焦点放到围绕外交部长出现的争议上。
柯林斯例句
He is no stranger to controversy.
他是个颇具争议的人物。
柯林斯例句
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。
柯林斯例句
Cabinet ministers signalled their determination to tough out the controversy.
内阁大臣们表明他们将不顾争议坚持下去。
柯林斯例句
He says there is "not a scintilla of evidence" to link him to any controversy.
他说“没有丝毫证据”能将他跟任何争议联系在一起。
柯林斯例句
He was a showman, an extrovert who revelled in controversy.
他是个爱出风头、性格外向而且喜欢争论的人。
柯林斯例句
It's brought to the surface a much wider controversy.
这使得更广泛的争论浮现了出来。
柯林斯例句
It has caused needless controversy.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Excessively skinny models have been a point of controversy for decades, and two researchers say a model's body mass should be a workplace health and safety issue.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文They fueled a lot of controversy.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文A recent article in The Harvard Crimson noted the shocking growth of Harvard's public relations arm in the last five years and it questioned whether a focus on risk management and avoiding controversy was really the best outward-looking face of this great institution.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文The controversy over the new office regulations.
出自-2012年12月听力原文Ask questions that often lead to controversy.
出自-2011年6月听力原文Some blame for the current controversy belongs to astronomers.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文But it has already sparked significant controversy, with the Unite Sates trade representative opening an investigation into whether the tax discriminates against American companies, which in turn could lead to trade sanctions against France.
2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section ⅡBut the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.
2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ"they were involved in a violent argument"
这组名词均有"争执，不和"之意。
