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争议
Controversy
I don't like controversy.
我不喜欢争论。
Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
只有主张错误的人才害怕争论。
I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.
我是个令人震惊的人。我喜欢制造争议。这是我的商标。
Sometimes its controversy, but we all have our choices that we make.
有时这是有争议的,但我们都有自己的选择。
I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me.
我是一个有争议的人物。我的朋友们不是不喜欢我就是讨厌我。
I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.
我相信任何社会底层的人们都有必要进行斗争。
I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.
我喜欢我的书引起争议,喜欢人们激烈地争论结局。
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
当一件事不再是争论的话题时,它也就不再是人们感兴趣的话题。
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
最激烈的争论是关于任何一方都没有充分证据的问题。
But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.
但是,我们必须通过这项法案,这样你就可以在没有争议的情况下了解其中的内容。
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
一个成功的人是能够用别人扔给他或她的砖头打下坚实基础的人。
I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.
在我的职业生涯中,我从未踏上过走向争议的征途。我从来没有故意放火。
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The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.
一个时代的激烈争论在另一个时代看来是毫无结果的,因为知识既能改变我们所寻求的,也能改变我们所发现的。
Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
道德上的懦弱使我们不敢说出自己的想法,这对这个国家来说就像不负责任的言论一样危险。正确的方法并不总是受欢迎和容易的方法。在不受欢迎的时候坚持正义是对道德品质的真正考验。
Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods -- moods of the masses and moods of individuals, the latter no less fickle and unreliable than the former -- but no opinion.
意见是在公开讨论和公开辩论的过程中形成的,在没有形成意见的机会的地方,可能会有情绪——群众的情绪和个人的情绪,个人的情绪和群众的情绪一样反复无常和不可靠——但没有意见。
Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
不偏不倚——无法从支持争议双方中看出任何个人利益的希望。
I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.
我认为你的工作不仅仅是为了引起争议,每当你做一些人们不理解的新工作时,他们会说这样做是为了制造争议。
There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually move recovery or retard it, and nothing final could ever come of that bitter debate because it is forever impossible to prove what might have happened in place of what did.
关于新政的行为究竟是推动了经济复苏,还是阻碍了经济复苏,一直存在着无休止的争议,而这场激烈的辩论永远不会有任何结果,因为永远不可能证明本来会发生什么,而不是发生了什么。