contentious 的定义
- tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.
- causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy: contentious issues.
- Law. pertaining to causes between contending or opposing parties.
contentious 近义词
quarrelsome
contentious 的近义词 10 个
contentious 的反义词 1 个
更多contentious例句
- Calls to keep cats indoors are often contentious among cat owners, and cats can sometimes reject colorful collars or loud bells designed to make them more noticeable.
- After the contentious meeting ended, they spoke privately, and Nesbitt agreed to look into the issue.
- Judge Christina Klinger’s ruling sets up what is likely to be an increasingly contentious legal battle over the state’s Amendment A, which allows residents to grow, license and sell cannabis.
- That type of union typically seeks federal certification to prove that it represents the majority of employees — a long and often contentious process conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.
- There are studies that find that keto diets increase energy expenditure, and the issue is very contentious.
- A new study released today in Obstetrics & Gynecology could close this contentious question for good.
- It was the first case brought under the Voting Rights Act, so the hearing proved contentious.
- Arkansas has long had a contentious relationship with alcohol.
- It became a model, rarely emulated, of how digital tools can be used to find common ground in a contentious society.
- Those that are hesitant about Powell may point to her contentious “resignation” as the first female ambassador to India in March.
- Opposed to the Brachmanes there are philosophers, called Pramnæ, contentious people, and fond of argument.
- "A man shouldn't speak more than twice in his first session, and not at first on too contentious a topic," said Sir Edward.
- Possessing a high tempered and somewhat contentious nature, Giberne was involved in numerous sharp controversies.
- With unbounded wealth and means of enjoyment, they grew ennuyéed, discontented, and finally contentious.
- What but jealousy could give a man that sore contentious wish for the detail of what would make him suffer?