(1) to arouse/cause controversy (2) a bitter controversy over/about the site of the new airport (3) the controversy surrounding his latest movie
controversy [ˈkɔntrəvə:si] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. 发生在…之前
n. 石灰岩
n. 争论，辩论，争议
vt. 猛咬；突然折断
(1) Two businessmen have been kidnapped by terrorists. (2) The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of $1 million. (3) [不可数名词, 可数名词]He admitted the charge of kidnap.
kidnap [ˈkidnæp] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 绑架；劫持
vi. 把钱存入银行；开户
n. 愤怒，愤慨，义愤
adj. 微不足道的；可忽略不计的
(1) [不可数名词]a threshing machine (2) The corn was still sown, cut and threshed as it was a hundred years ago. (3) Abdominal law: Inspiratory when loosen abdominal muscle, expiratory when contractive abdominal muscle, such thresh 3 minutes.
thresh [θreʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 使暂停；拖延；把…拖住
adj. 敌对的；怀有敌意的；不友善的；不利的
vt. 打谷，给…脱粒；推敲
adj. 用乐器演奏的；有帮助的
(1) spoken/written discourse (2) discourse analysis (3) He was hoping for some lively political discourse at the meeting.
discourse [ˈdiskɔ:s] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 演讲，论述；语篇
n. 声望；普遍，流行
n. 短缺，缺少；不足
n. 镍；五分镍币
(1) Some of the studies show positive results, whereas others do not. (2) Pensions are linked to inflation, whereas they should be linked to the cost of living... (3) whereas the population of working age increased by 1 million between 1981 and 1986, today it is barely growing.
whereas [hwɛərˈæz] 📢 UK📢 US
n.披风，斗篷； 外套； 借口，掩饰； 覆盖物 vt.遮盖，掩盖； 用外衣遮蔽
adj. 轻率的；鲁莽的
conj. 但是，然而
n. 仿制品；模仿
(1) Police ejected a number of violent protesters from the hall. (2) Used cartridges are ejected from the gun after firing. (3) The pilot ejected from the plane and escaped injury.
eject [iˈdʒekt] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 驱逐；喷射
vt. 分开；拆卸；使脱离
vt. 理解，领悟
vt. 诊断；判断
(1) She wore a badge saying ‘Vote for Coates ’. (2) All employees have to wear name badges. (3) the school badge