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词汇 example_english_bitter-controversy
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bitter controversy

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meanings of bitterand controversy


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bitter
adjective
uk /ˈbɪt.ər/ us /ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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controversy
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/ us /ˈkɑːn.trə.vɝː.si/
a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to ...
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Examples of bitter controversy


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In the result bittercontroversy ensued, and a mephitic atmosphere was created, in which misunderstanding, animosity and prejudice abounded.
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It is one of fifty years of continuing dissension and bittercontroversy.
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We do not want a bittercontroversy to rage about the building which is to arise on the hospital site.
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It is a matter that excites the keenest and most bittercontroversy.
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It actually extended the franchise to women after the most bittercontroversy, spread over some 10 years.
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I hope it is the end of the old, bittercontroversy about denominational education.
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There is no doubt about it that denominational discussion, and even bittercontroversy, might have cropped up.
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It caused very bittercontroversy, and, even in those exceptional times, prolonged debates and a number of divisions.
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That is the only method in which matters can be left unaffected one way or the other, and bittercontroversy avoided.
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A public inquiry will take time; it will inevitably provoke bittercontroversy, legal representation, cost to those who want to make points and so forth.
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I would further point out that this subject has been one of bittercontroversy for 50 years.
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It is perfectly possible, as many authorities have shown, to have a sensible rebate scheme without imposing big rent increases or stirring up bittercontroversy.
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This is an echo of a very old and bittercontroversy.
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In it he said that this principle which had aroused so much bittercontroversy in the past was to be swept away.
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That was agreed to, although there was bittercontroversy about it.
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I found myself in one capacity involved in quite a bittercontroversy with myself in the other.
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That may mean bittercontroversy up and clown the country.
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I feel that this question will create, in a large number of areas, bittercontroversy which ought not to exist.
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Nobody who desires to be thought, or who desires to act as a patriot, will endeavour to revive the memories of a bittercontroversy.
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It would raise arguments and, perhaps, bittercontroversy, so let us leave it at that and move to a more constructive line.
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