结果引起了极大争议。

The results were hotly disputed.

《牛津词典》

它引起了很多争议。

It has given rise to much controversy.

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削减的提议引起了巨大的争议。

The proposed cuts have caused considerable controversy.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Even in Aristotle's time, it appears slavery was a controversial institution and elicited very different kinds of opinions and responses.

就算是在亚里士多德的年代，奴役已经是争议性的制度,且引起了,十分不同的意见与响应。

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.. What the Norwegian Government is doing wrong is-- it's a little bit controversial, my pointing this out to them.

挪威政府做的不对的地方就在于-,这引起了一些争议，我把他们的处境告诉了他们。

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Call them towns for the sake of argument, sounds too urban, but call them that.

称这些为城镇是为了避免引起争议,听起来太城市化了,不过就这么叫吧

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