"He's a sweet husband," she said aloud, "but contentious."

“他是个好丈夫，”她大声说，“不过爱抬扛。”

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But despite his status, he remains a contentious figure.

虽然身份特殊，但他仍然是一个能引发争议的人物。

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The idea that someone should not be punished if their abnormal neural make-up leaves them no choice but to break the law is contentious but not new.

如果某人触法源于异常的神经构造使人别无选择，那么这人就不该受罚，这种观点有争议，却非新鲜事。

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But by stirring a discussion about the resonance of certain images to Jews and Christians alike, the lead objects have refocused attention on a deep but contentious commonality.

ECONOMIST: Whatever happened to the Hebrew Christians?

His reputation was forged in the refiner's fire of Sept. 11, which burned away the dross of what had been a successful but contentious two terms as New York City's mayor, a guy who reduced crime, yet picked fights with squeegee men and jaywalkers.

FORBES: As a businessman, he's been mixing with a sketchier crowd.

Fiscal debates will again dominate Congress' agenda for early 2013, but other contentious battles such as immigration reform will also split House Republicans and could test Boehner's hold on the speaker's gavel.

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