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单词 debate
释义
debate
noun
uk
/dɪˈbeɪt/us
/dɪˈbeɪt/
B2[CorU]
(a)seriousdiscussionof asubjectin which manypeopletakepart:
谈论，讨论；争论，辩论
Education is thecurrentfocusofpublicdebate.教育是目前大众谈论的焦点。
How weproceedfrom here is amatterfordebate.我们下一步怎样做还需要讨论。
Over theyearwe have had several debatesaboutfuturepolicy.一年来，我们就未来的政策进行了几次讨论。
[C]
acompetitionin whichteamsofpeople, oftenstudents,discussasubjectand theteamthat isjudgedto make thebestargumentswins:
TheteamwontheirRound 3 debate against Mitcham Girls High School.
Thestudentswere takingpartin a debatecontest.
More examples
  • The debatecompletelychangedcourseafter Liz made herspeech.
  • The debate aboutfoodsafetyhasengagedthewholenation.
  • Sheissuedachallengeto herrivalcandidatesto takepartin apublicdebate.
  • Theprisonriotshavesharpenedthe debate about howprisonsshould berun.
  • Thisproposalwillalmostcertainlysparkanothercountrywidedebate about how toorganizetheschoolsystem.
  • Histeamwonthenationalhighschooldebatechampionship.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Debate & discussion
  • agent provocateur
  • bargainer
  • bat
  • bat around
  • broker
  • closure
  • cloture
  • consult
  • dialogue
  • discursive
  • float
  • parley
  • polarized
  • polemic
  • polemical
  • post-debate
  • powwow
  • provocateur
  • re-explore
  • sophistry
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Competitions, & parts of competitions
debate
verb
uk
/dɪˈbeɪt/us
/dɪˈbeɪt/
C2[IorT]
todiscussasubjectin aformalway:
讨论；争论
In Parliament today,MPsdebated the FinanceBill.今天在议会上议员们讨论了财政法案。
They had been debating for severalhourswithoutreachingaconclusion.他们已经争论了好几个小时，仍然没有得出一个结论。
[+ question word]Theauthoritiesdebatedwhethertobuilda newcarpark.政府有关部门就是否要修建一座新停车场进行了讨论。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to talk about something
  • talk aboutI don't like talking about my feelings.
  • speak aboutHe is often asked to speak about the decline of global energy supplies.
  • discussWe need to discuss arrangements for next week.
  • talk overI need to talk it over with my wife before I accept the job.
  • talk throughWe're used to talking things through, so we don't have many arguments.
  • debateThe bill will be debated in parliament next week.
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[T]
totryto make adecisionabout something:
斟酌；考虑
[+ question word]We debatedwhetherto take theearliertrain.我们考虑到底要不要乘早一点的那次列车。
I'm still debatingwhatcolourtopaintthewalls.我还在考虑要把墙刷成什么颜色。
More examples
  • Thematterwashotlydebated in all thetownsof therealm.
  • There was noseconderfor themotionso it could not be debated.
  • Theethicsofjournalismare much debated.
  • They were debating thepropositionthat 'Allpeoplearecreatedequal'.
  • I'm still debating whether to take thejobor not.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Debate & discussion
  • agent provocateur
  • bargainer
  • bat
  • bat around
  • broker
  • closure
  • cloture
  • consult
  • dialogue
  • discursive
  • float
  • parley
  • polarized
  • polemic
  • polemical
  • post-debate
  • powwow
  • provocateur
  • re-explore
  • sophistry
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Thinking and contemplating

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debater
(Definition ofdebatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
debate
noun[CorU]
uk
/dɪˈbeɪt/us
/dɪˈbeɪt/
B2
(a)seriousdiscussionof asubjectin which manypeopletakepart
谈论，讨论；争论，辩论
Education is thecurrentfocusofpublicdebate.教育是目前大众谈论的焦点。
How weproceedfrom here is amatterfordebate.我们下一步怎样做还需要讨论。
Over theyearwe have had several debatesaboutfuturepolicy.一年来，我们就未来的政策进行了几次讨论。
More examples
  • The debatecompletelychangedcourseafter Liz made herspeech.
  • The debate aboutfoodsafetyhasengagedthewholenation.
  • Sheissuedachallengeto herrivalcandidatesto takepartin apublicdebate.
  • Theprisonriotshavesharpenedthe debate about howprisonsshould berun.
  • Thisproposalwillalmostcertainlysparkanothercountrywidedebate about how toorganizetheschoolsystem.
debate
verb
uk
/dɪˈbeɪt/us
/dɪˈbeɪt/
C2[IorT]
todiscussasubjectin aformalway
讨论；争论
In Parliament today, MPs debated the Finance Bill.今天在议会上议员们讨论了财政法案。
They had been debating for severalhourswithoutreachingaconclusion.他们已经争论了好几个小时，仍然没有得出一个结论。
[+ question word]Theauthoritiesdebatedwhethertobuilda newcarpark.政府有关部门就是否要修建一座新停车场进行了讨论。
[T]
totryto make adecisionabout something
斟酌；考虑
[+ question word]We debatedwhetherto take theearliertrain.我们考虑到底要不要乘早一点的那次列车。
I'm still debatingwhatcolourtopaintthewalls.我还在考虑要把墙刷成什么颜色。
More examples
  • Thematterwashotlydebated in all thetownsof therealm.
  • There was noseconderfor themotionso it could not be debated.
  • Theethicsofjournalismare much debated.
  • They were debating thepropositionthat 'Allpeoplearecreatedequal'.
  • I'm still debating whether to take thejobor not.

debate| American Dictionary

debate
noun[C/U]
us
/dɪˈbeɪt/
English
adiscussion,esp. one in which severalpeoplewith differentopinionsabout somethingdiscussthemseriously, or theprocessofdiscussingsomething:
[U]Education is always atopicofinterestandpublicdebate.

debate

verb[I/T]us
/dɪˈbeɪt/
[I]Congressdebatedfor severalhourswithoutreachingavote.
(Definition ofdebatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdebate

debate
Politics became inseparably entwined with cultural or intellectual debates from the onset.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theoretically there is the challenge of contributing to current debates on how music is perceived, understood and used as an effective means of communication.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Issues like identity and relations to the foreign may not be restricted to debates on national(ist) archaeologies.
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Rather, one needs to accept that immersion pedagogy is located in a range of sociopolitical, cultural, economic, and educational debates.
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The precise character and form of historical definitions of 'peace' have always been debated.
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The ethical resources of this society are only now being explored as the concept comes to be debated.
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Revulsion to dismemberment (or to creating a member where there was none, as it were) further manifests itself in debates over the acceptability of transsexuals.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Debates about futility are debates about specific interpretations of the basic concept.
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Developments in cybernetics should be openly debated with accountability to the public, especially for investment of public funds.
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The debates demonstrated the importance of a more liberal regime after 1901.
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Whereas in the earlier period debates about taxation had tended to focus upon political and constitutional issues, they now centred around economic ones.
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At minister ial level, questions of competence and status continued to be debated into the 1970s.
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What follows is an investigation of these records in the light of the debates outlined above.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In each area there is a synthesis of selected research findings, with commentary on major debates.
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In the early days of bioethics, there were three methodological debates.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithdebate

debate

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acrimonious debate
That was the subject ofacrimoniousdebatein the summer of 1929.
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Hansard archive
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bitter debate
Central to centuries of contestation was the notion of usage and thebitterdebateover whether this involved legal right or tolerated privilege.
From theCambridge English Corpus
considerable debate
There isconsiderabledebateabout the range of values of e for continental lithosphere.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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