It has been hotly disputed for decades.

这个地区几十年来一直存在激烈的争议。

They disputed for hours where to go for their picnic.

他们为去哪里野餐争论了好几个小时。

Well, we could go on disputing that academically for a very long period of time.

未来的很长一段时间里，我们依然可以从学术角度辩驳这个问题。

Its borders have been disputed for more than a century and this latest largely symbolic referendum is renewing tensions there.

一个多世纪以来，两国的边界一直存在争议，这次主要是象征性的公投再次加剧了紧张局势。

It wasn't long before  Erik was involved in another violent dispute, for which he was found guilty of murder  and banished from Iceland for three years.

不久之后，埃里克卷入了另一场暴力纠纷，他因此被判犯有谋杀罪， 并被驱逐出冰岛三年。