n.争辩
In place of the scholarly tome that many people expected of him, Mr White has produced a polemic, and not a very good one at that. As the woman said, we are not amused. 怀特先生出版了一本并非人们所期待的博学的大部头，而是一本有争议的不是太好的小作品。正如这位妇女所说，我们对这很冷淡。
He launched into a fierce polemic against the government's policies. 他猛烈地抨击政府的政策。
