1·The nearly unanimous passage of this act in the United States Congress, reflection the rising national popularity of environmentalism, masked a bitter debate.
美国国会几乎一致通过了这项法案，这反映了环保主义在全国范围内的日益普及，掩盖了一场激烈的辩论。
2·It was a bitter debate behind closed doors.
那是场秘密的激烈辩论。
3·S. soil ran aground this month in Congress, but it is sure to resurface—kindling bitter debate even if it fails to become law.
但是这项议案必定要重新审议，即使最后不能修订成法，也必然会引起极其激烈的争论。
4·S. soil ran aground this month in Congress, but it is sure to resurface – kindling bitter debate even if it fails to become law.
但是这个提案还会再次提出——即使该提案不能成为法律，也会引起激烈的争论。
5·It was the countries of "old" Europe, led by Germany, that balked at granting the two states the next stage of accession, known as the "Membership Action Plan" causing a particularly bitter debate.
在是否允许两国进入“成员国行动计划”下一阶段这一问题上踌躇不决的正是以德国为首的一些所谓的“老”欧洲国家，由此引起了特别激烈的辩论。
6·After bitter and pointless debate, the council zoned the lot for the gas station and the galaxy above the lot for the sign.
经过激烈且毫无意义的辩论后，议会划出一块地方给加油站，然后把那个广告牌放在加油站的顶上。
7·The debate is often bitter.
这种争论往往尖刻激烈。
8·It's a bitter scientific debate that has real-world consequences.
这是一个痛苦的科学辩论具有现实世界的后果。
9·There's an ever present, unending debate over which is best, ARs or AKs, raging across the internet and in gun shops every day sending bile and bitter insults spewing both ways.
有一个一直存在，永无休止的关于AK系列和AR系列哪个更好的争论，从互联网上到GUN械商店中每天都有人为这个问题互相发泄怒气或酸溜溜地挖苦对方。
10·He feared it would re-open the bitter, national debate about slavery.
他会重新分配这个国家的财富。