🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

争议

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhēngyì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
controversy/ˈkɒntrəvɜːsi/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这项新政策引发了广泛争议。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A prolonged public disagreement or heated discussion.

    "The new policy caused a major controversy among employees."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin controversia, from controversus 'turned against', from contra- 'against' + versus 'turned'.

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