controversially
物議を醸すように
解説 Definition
多くの人々の意見が分かれるような方法で行動したり発言したりすることです。議論や反発を招く傾向があります。
Controversially means in a way that causes public disagreement or strong different opinions. It is often used about decisions, statements, or actions that many people argue about. The word suggests that the subject is likely to be debated.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず controversial「物議を醸す」を土台にし、-ly が付くと『物議を醸すように』という副詞になると覚える。ニュースで a controversial decision, a controversial comment を見たら、その出来事自体が賛否を割っている状態。controversially は He spoke controversially, the policy was controversially changed のように、発言や変更のされ方が反発や議論を呼ぶ場面で使う。controversial が形容詞、controversially が副詞というセットで固めると忘れにくい。
Build it from `controversial` plus `-ly`. If `controversial` describes a decision or comment, `controversially` describes how something was said, done, or changed. Remember the adjective-adverb pair: `a controversial policy` but `the policy was controversially changed`.
例文
The decision was made controversially by the committee.
その決定は委員会によって物議を醸して行われました。
She controversially chose to leave her successful career.
彼女は物議を醸しながら成功したキャリアを離れることを選びました。
The law was controversially passed without full debate.
その法律は物議を醸しながら十分な議論なしに成立しました。
controversially の類義語・関連語
controversially の語源・成り立ち Etymology
「controversially」は controversy + -ally で、語源の controversia は contra-「反対に」+ vertere「向ける」に分かれる。convert や reverse と同根で、意見が反対へ向き合うので、物議を醸してという意味になる。
Controversially comes from controversy plus -ally. Controversy goes back to Latin controversia, from contra- meaning "against" and vertere meaning "to turn." The image is of opinions turning against each other, which led to the idea of public disagreement; related words from the same root include convert and reverse.
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