debate [ di'beit] n.&vi.争论，辩论
debate [di'beit] n. & v.讨论,辩论
adjournment debate 休会辩论
adjournment of debate 辩论中止待续
budget debate 财政预算案辩论
conjoin debate 联会辩论
motion debate 动议辩论
Policy Debate 施政报告辩论
Rules of Debate [Provisional Legislative Council] 辩论规则〔临时立法会〕
There is a general discussion these days over education in many colleges and institutes. One of the questions under debate is whether education is a lifetime study.
当前在高校和研究机构对教育存在着大量争论，其中一个问题就是教育是否是个终身学习的过程。
There is a general debate on the campus today over the phenomenon of college or high school students' doing a part-time job.
对于大学或高中生打工这一现象，校园里进行着广泛的争论。
There is a general discussion over fashion in recent years. One of the questions under debate is whether a person should choose comfortable clothes, which he or she likes, regardless of fashion.
近些年，关于时尚存在着广泛的争论。其中一个问题就是一个人是否应选择他喜欢的舒适的衣服，而不管是否时尚。
There is much discussion over science and technology. One of the questions under debate is whether traditional technology and methods are bound to die out when a country begins to develop modern science and technology.
关于科学技术存在许多争论，其中一个问题是当国家发展现代科学技术时，传统的技术方法是否可能会消亡？ 130. As for me, the declining of traditional technology and methods is not a bad thing; it is the natural result of progress of society.
我认为，传统技术方法的消亡不一定是坏事，这是社会进步的自然结果。
Debate is the best catalyst of thought.
争论是思想最好的催化剂。
cheap shot下流手段
The candidates ended up taking cheap shots at each other during the debate.
辩论中，候选人最后都用下流手段攻击对方。
辩 debate; dispute; argue
辩论 debate; controversy; pleading; argue
辩难 debate
争辩 contest; contention; debate; argue
辩 [biàn] /dispute/debate/argue/discuss/
辩论 [biàn lùn] /debate/argue over/
便难 [biàn nàn] /retort with challenging questions/debate/
咯 [luò] /cough (blood)/to argue/debate/
提案 [tí àn] /proposal/motion (to be debated)/propose a bill/make a proposal/
争论 [zhēng lùn] /to argue/to debate/to contend/argument/contention/controversy/debate/
On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.
另一方面，许多医疗界人士承认，致使医助自杀这场争论升温的部分原因是由于病人们的绝望情绪，对这些病人来说，现代医学延长了临终前肉体的痛苦。
After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia's Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die.
经过6个月争论和最后16个小时的国会激烈辩论，澳大利亚北部地区（澳北州）成为世界上第一个允许医生根据绝症病人个人意愿来结束其生命的合法当局。
At the core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took over for the late Steve Ross in 1992.
于1992年接替已故董事长斯蒂夫·罗斯的56岁的现任董事长杰拉德·莱文是争论的焦点人物。
On the financial front, Levin is under pressure to raise the stock price and reduce the company's mountainous debt, which will increase to $ 17.3 billion after two new cable deals close.
财政方面，他承受着抬高股价，减少公司巨额债务的压力。在两笔新的有线电视交易谈妥后，债务将达到173亿美元。
He has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure the company, but investors are waiting impatiently.
他也答应出售部分财产并重组公司，但现在投资者们仍在焦急地等待着。
Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent.
莱文不愿对上周的辩论做出评论，但有迹象表明这位董事长的强硬立场起码在一定程度上有所缓和。
During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month's stockholders' meeting.
在上个月的股东会议上，大家就摇滚乐的歌词进行了讨论。
Levin asserted that "music is not the cause of society's ills" and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students.
莱文宣称“音乐不是社会问题的病因”，他甚至还以自己为例。他的儿子是纽约州布朗克斯的一个教师，用说唱乐的表达方式与学生进行交流。
But he talked as well about the "balanced struggle" between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.
但他也谈到了创作自由和社会责任之间要“保持平衡”的问题。他还宣布公司将致力于为一些人们可能会反感的音乐制定发行和标识的标准。
It is a remarkable record, stretching back over 70 years — yet the BBC's future is now in doubt. The Corporation will survive as a publicly-funded broadcasting organisation, at least for the time being, but its role, its size and its programmes are now the subject of a nation-wide debate in Britain.
延续七十多年，BBC可谓历程辉煌，然而现在，BBC的未来却令人疑虑。至少目前，它仍可以公办广播机构的身份生存下去，但它的作用、规模和节目却成了全英国争论的话题。
The debate was launched by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC — including ordinary listeners and viewers — to say what was good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether they thought it was worth keeping.
英国政府发起了这场争论，它邀请每一位对BBC有看法的人——包括普通的听众和观众——对公司好坏进行评说，甚至可以评说他们是否认为公司值得办下去。
The reason for its inquiry is that the BBC's royal charter runs out in 1996 and it must decide whether to keep the organisation as it is, or to make changes.
这样做的原因是BBC所持的皇家特许证于1996年到期，政府必须决定让公司维持原状还是进行变革。
Kitcher is philosopher, and this may account, in part, for the clarity and effectiveness of his arguments.
金切尔是位哲学家，这也许能部分说明他的立论为何明确而有说服力。
The non-specialist will be able to obtain at least a notion of the sorts of data and argument that support evolutionary theory.
非专业人士起码可以了解支持进化论的各种数据和观点。
The final chapter on the creationists will be extremely clear to all.
关于创世纪论者的最后一章对每个人来说都阐述得极为清楚。
On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says: "This book stands for reason itself."
这部优秀作品的护封上引用了斯蒂芬·杰?古尔德的一句话，“本书赌注是理性”。
And so it does — and all would be well were reason the only judge in the creationism/evolution debate.
的确如此——如果理性是创世纪论和进化论之争的惟一裁判，一切问题就已解决了。
{adj: arguable, debatable, disputable, moot} open to argument or debate
"that is a moot question"
{adj: circumstantial} fully detailed and specific about particulars
"a circumstantial report about the debate"
{adj: debatable, problematic, problematical} open to doubt or debate
"If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"
{adj: disputed} subject to disagreement and debate
{adj: endless, eternal, interminable} tiresomely long; seemingly without end
"endless debates"
"an endless conversation"
"the wait seemed eternal"
"eternal quarreling"
"an interminable sermon"
{adj: enlivened, spirited} made lively or spirited
"a meal enlivened by the music"
"a spirited debate"
{adj: exceptionable, objectionable} liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to
"a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing"
"found the politician's views objectionable"
{adj: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal} not pertinent to the matter under consideration
"an issue extraneous to the debate"
"the price was immaterial"
"mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
{adj: forensic} of, relating to, or used in courts of law or public debate or argument
{adj: full-dress} complete in every respect
"a full-dress debate"
"a full-dress investigation"
{adj: illusive, illusory} based on or having the nature of an illusion
"illusive hopes of finding a better job"
"Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"
{adj: labored, laboured, strained} lacking natural ease
"a labored style of debating"
{adj: peremptory} putting an end to all debate or action
"a peremptory decree"
{adj: thoughtless} showing lack of careful thought
"the debate turned into thoughtless bickering"
<-> thoughtful
{adj: uninfluenced, unswayed, untouched} not influenced or affected
"stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington
"unswayed by personal considerations"
{adj: vice-presidential} relating to a vice president or vice-presidency
"Vice-presidential debates"
{adj: warm} characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement
"a warm debate"
{n: Capitol Hill, the Hill} a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets
"they are debating the budget today on Capitol Hill"
{n: Congressional Record} a published account of the speeches and debates and votes of the United States Congress
{n: Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little Giant} United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
{n: Nostradamus, Michel de Notredame} French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566)
{n: argument, argumentation, debate} a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
"the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
{n: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing} helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
"they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
{n: closure by compartment, guillotine} closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
{n: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law} a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
{n: debate, disputation, public debate} the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)
{n: debater, arguer} someone who engages in debate
{n: dissemination, airing, public exposure, spreading} the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
{n: floor} the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
"there was a motion from the floor"
{n: grace, saving grace, state of grace} (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who under such divine influence
"the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin"
"it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church"
"the Virgin lived in a state of grace"
{n: ijtihad} the endeavor of a Moslem scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars; by the end of the 10th century theologians decided that debate on such matters would be closed and Muslim theology and law were frozen
"some reform-minded Islamic scholars believe that reopening ijtihad is a prerequisite for the survival of Islam"
{n: millennium} (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness
{n: moderator} someone who presides over a forum or debate
{n: policy} a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government
"they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation"
{n: public discussion, ventilation} free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest
"such a proposal deserves thorough public discussion"
{n: same-sex marriage} two people of the same sex who live together as a family
"the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated"
{n: self-restraint, temperateness} exhibiting restraint imposed on the self
"an effective temperateness in debate"
{n: truth, the true, verity, trueness} conformity to reality or actuality
"they debated the truth of the proposition"
"the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"
"he was famous for the truth of his portraits"
"he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"
<-> falsity
{n: water system, water supply, water} a facility that provides a source of water
"the town debated the purification of the water supply"
"first you have to cut off the water"
{v: argue, contend, debate, fence} have an argument about something
{v: bullshit, bull, fake} talk through one's hat
"The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
{v: closure, cloture} terminate debate by calling for a vote
"debate was closured"
"cloture the discussion"
{v: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate} make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
"Her remarks confused the debate"
"Their words obnubilate their intentions"
{v: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate} think about carefully ; weigh
"They considered the possibility of a strike"
"Turn the proposal over in your mind"
{v: debate, deliberate} discuss the pros and cons of an issue
{v: debate} argue with one another
"We debated the question of abortion"
"John debated Mary"
{v: fuel} stimulate
"fuel the debate on creationism"
{v: intensify, deepen} become more intense
"The debate intensified"
"His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
{v: move, make a motion} propose formally ; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
{v: move} go or proceed from one point to another
"the debate moved from family values to the economy"
{v: sharpen} become sharp or sharper
"The debate sharpened"
{v: wrestle} engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
"I wrestled with this decision for years"
There is urgent need to debate this issue openly.
现在，急需对此问题进行公开辩论。
Every time a grocery clerk asks, " Paper or plastic? ", the great debate between old and new, natural and synthetic, biodegradable and not, silently unfolds in a shopper's breast in the instant it takes to decide on the answer.
每当杂货店售货员问 "要纸还是要塑料？ "时，新旧观念、天然的还是合成的、能否进行生物分解等等问题就悄悄地在购物者考虑答案的瞬间，在他的心中展开争论了。
It was the fear that the techniques could, and some said would, be applied to humans that provoked the frenzied debate.
人们担心克隆技术可能会像有些人认为的那样必然会被应用于人类，正是这种担心挑起了这场激烈的争论。
The debate seemed to point to a genuine need for spiritual role models in the cynical late--20th century.
这场辩论似乎要指出：在愤世嫉俗的 20世纪末叶人们对精神方面的角色典范真正有所需要。
The debate in the Church about sainthood is thus just as much cultural as political.
因此，天主教关于圣徒身份的辩论既是文化上的辩论又是政治上的辩论。
Tom Driscoll and the Italians go together to a rum meeting( the town is in the process of debating the temperance issue), where Tom insults Luigi and a fight breaks out.
汤姆·德里斯科尔和那两个意大利人一同去参加酒会（该镇正在辩论戒酒问题），会上汤姆侮辱路易吉，结果引发一场混战。
The main debate on the bridge is now about the cost of actually using it.
现在关于大桥的争论主要集中在它的实际使用费用上。
The debate, he declared, " ought to be intellectually honest... GM leads Ford today in truck fuel economy, both on average and on a model-by-model basis, including SUVs.
他认为，任何人都必须尊重事实…………今天，无论以所有产品的平均水平，还是每一种车型，包括多用途跑车进行单独比较，通用卡车的耗油量都比福特的卡车要校
And every few weeks, Jeffrey Katzenberg, whose DreamWorks paid for the film, flew in to offer moral support and to debate the fine points.
每隔几个星期，杰夫瑞·卡赞伯格（他的梦幻工为这部电影支付酬金）就会飞来，给他们打，并为一些很小的细节争论一番。
The German debate over dangerous dogs has been growing for months.
在过去几个月中，德国人有关养狗危险的争论日趋激烈。
There is a debate over whether the danger lies in the breed or the training, but most Germans agree with animal researcher Gudrun Beckmann who believe the only way to prevent deadly canine attacks is to ban specific breeds.
现在人们在争论这样一个问题：狗伤人源自狗的品还是人们对狗的训练？但是大多数德国人同意动物研究者古德伦·贝克曼的观点。这位学者相信，防止恶狗伤人致死事件的唯一办法是禁养某些品。
We believe, perhaps unimaginatively, that this debate can be resolved through further study, and that the underexplored midocean ridge system is the key.
我们相信——或许这样做有失想象力——这一争论可通过进一步的研究而得以解决，而尚未充分探索的海洋中部山脊系统乃关键所在。
From our contemporary viewpoint, the pretensions of this film may seem a trifle ludicrous, but at the time it provoked endless debate and discussion and gave a new intellectual respectability to the cinema.
从我们当代的观点来看，这部电影的不凡之处有可能显得有点荒唐可笑，但在当时却引起了无休止的争论和讨论，并赋予了电影以一种崭新的理智上的体面。
Two days of debate on the G-four proposal in the General Assembly this week revealed significant opposition. Two of the five current permanent Council members, China and the United States, warned against moving too fast on expansion. A third, Russia, suggested the G-four proposal was "unacceptable."
联大这个星期就四国提案展开过两天辩论，显示阻力很大。5个现任常任理事国中有两个，也就是中国和美国警告不要仓促扩大安理会。俄罗斯则表示四国提案“不可接受”。
"The most important thing is to try to get people to come together and debate ... how we make sense of the dilemma of Europe today, which is a desire to be a strong competitive economy and a desire to keep in place a strong social dimension, where we are looking after our citizens, making sure people are given proper protection when they are changing their jobs, how we are equipping our people on the basis of justice and fairness and solidarity to be able to face the challenges of today," he said.
布莱尔说：“最重要的是把大家聚集在一起辩论......我们如何理解欧洲现在的困境。我们需要一个富于竞争力的强大经济，需要建立一个强大的社会环境，这样我们才可以照顾我们的公民，以保证他们在换工作时能得到适当的保障。我们也要讨论如何在公正、公平及团结的基础上让我们的人民能够面对今日的挑战。”
The debate over Social Security will soon shift to the U.S. Congress, which is already working on the president's energy proposals. Mr. Bush urged lawmakers to put politics aside, saying the American people have waited too long for action.
围绕社会保障福利问题的辩论很快就会转移到美国国会。国会眼下正在讨论总统的能源计划。布什敦促国会议员把政治放在一边。他说，美国人民等待政府采取行动已经等得太长了。
The two leaders spoke at a news conference where some reporters engaged them in a debate on press freedom. In one way or another, all the questions dealt with the democracy issue. But the talks did cover other matters, reflecting the need for the two countries to work together, despite their differences.
布什和普京在记者会上都讲了话。记者们向两位领导人提问，引起了他们对新闻自由的争论。记者们的问题或多或少都与民主有关。但是布什与普京的会谈还是涉及了其他一些问题，这反映出美俄两国尽管存在分歧，但仍需要合作。
More debate on the matter is expected Wednesday when Prime Minister Tony Blair makes his weekly appearance in parliament.
各界预期当英国首相布莱尔星期三例行到议会露面时，将会有更多的辩论。
President Bush and challenger John Kerry clashed over the economy, taxes and health care, Wednesday evening, in the final debate of the presidential campaign.
美国总统布什和他的挑战者克里参议员在星期三晚上进行第三场，也是最后一场辩论。双方在经济和社会问题上针锋相对、各抒已见。
This debate focused on domestic issues, but touched on terrorism, homeland security, and American troop deployment. Mr. Kerry has proposed expanding the military by two active-duty divisions. Mr. Kerry accused the president of showing "bad judgment," and said American forces are "overextended." The Democrat renewed his charge that the Bush Administration failed to build an international alliance. "The most important thing to relieve the pressure on all of our armed forces is frankly to run a foreign policy that recognizes that America is strongest when we are working with real alliances," he said.
这场辩论主要集中在国内问题，但是也涉及到恐怖主义、国土安全、以及美国部队的部署等其它问题。克里参议员建议美国武装部队增加两个现役师。克里指责布什总统“判断不佳”，并且说，美国部队已经捉襟见肘。这位民主党总统候选人再次指责布什政府没有能够建立起一个国际联盟。他说：“解脱我们武装部队压力的最重要的一点是：坦白地说，就是我们执行的对外政策应该主张，只有在我们和真正的盟友协作的时候，美国才最强大。”
This debate was held in Arizona, where illegal immigration is an issue. Both candidates endorse a temporary-worker program for foreign nationals. Mr. Kerry would also legalize the status of long-term residents who entered the United States illegally. Mr. Bush opposes that."I don't believe we ought to have amnesty. I don't think we ought to reward illegal behavior," stated President Bush. "There are plenty of people standing in line to become a citizen, and we ought not to crowd these people ahead of them in line."
This debate was important for both candidates. They are virtually tied in the polls, with less than three weeks to go before the November 2 election. The focus for both in coming days will be the so-called swing states, such as Florida, Nevada, Oregon, and Wisconsin, where pollsters say either candidate could win.
这次辩论对两位候选人来说都非常重要。在距离11月2号大选还有不到三个星期的情况下，民意调查显示他们两人基本上是旗鼓相当。在选举日到来之前，他们将把主要精力集中在所谓的左右摇摆不定的州，例如佛罗里达州、内华达州、俄勒冈州和威斯康辛州。民意调查人员说，在这些州里，两位候选人中任何一人都可能获胜。
President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are back on the campaign trail after their second debate Friday evening.
在星期五晚上举行第二次辩论后，布什总统和民主党总统候选人克里又重新回到竞选旅途中。
After a day of campaigning, both men meet privately with political aides to prepare for their third and last debate this coming Wednesday in the southwest state of Arizona.
在结束了一天的竞选活动后，两位总统候选人都会见了各自的政治助手，为下星期三在西南部的亚利桑那州举行的第三场，也就是最后一场辩论做准备。
President Bush and Senator John Kerry resumed their presidential campaigns Friday, one day after a televised debate that focused on foreign policy. Both sides believe they benefited from the first of three presidential debates.
在结束以外交政策为重点的电视辩论后，星期五，布什总统和参议员克里继续总统竞选的旅程。竞选的双方都认为他们在三场总统辩论的首场辩论中获益。
The president's Republican supporters were equally insistent that Mr. Bush held the upper hand in the debate by displaying conviction and resolve that the United States must finish the job of reconstructing a free Iraq.
布什总统的共和党支持者则同样坚持认为布什在辩论中占了上风。布什展示了信念和决心，那就是，美国必须完成重建自由伊拉克的重任。
Representatives from both campaigns took to the airwaves following the debate to proclaim their candidate the winner.Senator John Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, had this assessment on NBC television.
在辩论结束后，两大竞选阵营的代表都急切地告诉媒体说，他们的候选人是辩论的赢家。民主党副总统候选人、参议员爱德华兹对美国国家广播公司就表达了这样的观点。
Three post-debate public opinion polls indicated that the early advantage went to Senator Kerry. But most experts said there were no knock-out blows delivered by either candidate during the debate, something that random interviews with voters seemed to confirm.
辩论后的三个民意调查显示，克里参议员获得了初步优势。但是，大部分专家认为，在辩论中，双方都没有重拳出击对手的表现。在选民中的随机访问也证实了这个观点。
Political experts assessed not only what the candidates said during the debate, but how they came across to television viewers.
政治专家们不仅对两位候选人在辩论中的言论进行了评价，并且也对他们的言论能否被电视观众所接受进行了分析。
Most political experts said Senator Kerry had the challenging task during the first debate of presenting himself as a viable alternative to President Bush.
大部分的政治专家们认为，对克里来说，在首场辩论中要表现出自己是可以取代布什总统的候选人，是一个非常具有挑战性的任务。
Independent analyst Stuart Rothenberg says on that issue, Senator Kerry may have scored some points."People who went in watching this debate with the assumption that the president would come off much better on national security may have seen the candidates pretty evenly matched and might have said, 'Whoa, Senator John Kerry looks pretty resolute, maybe I ought to give him another look'," he said.
独立分析人士罗森伯格认为在这个方面，克里的表现可能已经得到了部分成功。他说：“去看辩论的人有一种想法，认为布什总统可能在国家安全问题方面会表现更好一些。但是，他们也许看出两位候选人在这个问题上势均力敌。也许，他们会说：‘哇，克里参议员看起来相当的有决心，也许我应该再看一看他。
The next debate will involve the two vice presidential candidates: Dick Cheney and John Edwards, next Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio. After that, two more presidential debates will follow, one on October 8 in St. Louis, Missouri, and a final encounter on October 13, in Tempe, Arizona.
下一次的辩论将在俄亥俄州的克里夫兰举行，是在两位副总统候选人切尼和爱德华兹之间进行。时间是下个星期二。之后，还有两场总统辩论。一场10月8日在密苏里州的圣路易斯举行。最后的交锋则会于十月十三日在亚里桑纳州的坦佩进行。
……已成为人的关注的热门话题，特别是在年青人当中，将引发激烈的辩论。
______ has become a hot topic among people，especially among the young and heated debates are right on their way.
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