polemic
polemic 英 [pəˈlemɪk] 美 [pəˈlɛmɪk]
n. 争论；辩论者 adj. 好争论的
名词复数:polemics
- A polemic is something that stirs up controversy by having a negative opinion, usually aimed at a particular group. A piece of writing can be a polemic, as long as it gets someone's goat.
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- n. 争论；辩论者
- adj. 好争论的
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1. You can compare it to the visual arts, to painting, to drawing; it can document reality, like still photographs. It can explain and record like journalism, and it can be a polemic, like a pamphlet.
你可以把电影比作可视艺术进行描写绘制，可以像照片一样呈现事实，也可以像新闻一样进行解释和报道，同时还可以像小册子一样进行争论。
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2. It is precisely this emerging science of genetic engineering that lies at the heart of today's biotech polemic.
正是这门基因工程的新兴科学成为现今生物技术争论的焦点。
- polemic (adj.) 1640s, from French polémique (from Middle French polemique) "disputatious, controversial," or directly from Greek polemikos "of war, warlike, belligerent; skilled in war, fit for service; like an enemy, stirring up hostility," from polemos "war," of unknown origin. Related: Polemical (1630s).
- polemic (n.) 1630s, "controversial argument or discussion," from French polémique (16c./17c.), noun use of adjective meaning "disputatious, controversial" (see polemic (adj.)).
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