debates

基本解释

• n. [法] 辩论；讨论（debate的复数）
• v. [法] 辩论；讨论（debate的三单形式）

词源解说

• 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自法语的debattre：de (向下，完全的） + batre （击打），意为战斗。

同根派生

用法辨析

n. (名词)

• debate用作名词可指在公共集会或议会中进行的正式“辩论,讨论”,也可指一般性的“辩论,讨论”。
• debate about后不可接动名分词，about在这不作介词。

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• After a long debate, the meeting approved the bill.
  经过长时间的辩论后,会议通过了此议案。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• They debated for over an hour on the merits of the different systems.
  他们就几种不同体制的优点辩论了一个多小时。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• Parliament will debate the question tomorrow.
  议会明天将辩论这个问题。

S+～+wh-to- v

• While I was debating what to do the phone rang.
  正当我在考虑怎么办时电话铃响了。

词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• close a debate 终止辩论
• conduct 〔hold〕 a debate 举行一次辩论
• open the debate 在辩论中首先发言

介词+～

• beyond 〔without〕 debate 无可争议
• the point in debate 争论点
• the question under debate 辩论中的问题

～+介词

• have a debate against sb 和某人辩论

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
• A debate is a formal discussion, for example, in a parliament or institution, in which people express different opinions about a particular subject and then vote on it.
• If people debate a topic, they discuss it fairly formally, putting forward different views. You can also say that one person debates a topic with another person.
• If you debate whether to do something or what to do, you think or talk about possible courses of action before deciding exactly what you are going to do.

专业释义

法学

• 论争

  After all,endless debates have focused on the topic on an old - to consider the feasibility of the law on transplantation.
  说到底,无休止的论争都集中在一个古老的话题上——对法律移植可行性的思考上。

  语言学

• 辩论

  Candidates in presidential debates have the goal of persuading audience voting for the candidates.
  在总统辩论中,总统候选人的最终目标是为了说服选民为其投票。

  经济学

• 争论

  At present, the debates about the economic consequence of income smoothing are still intensive.
  目前,研究者对于收益平滑经济后果的争论仍然非常激烈。