debate是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 (a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people take part -- 談論，討論；爭論，辯論

  • Education is the current focus of public debate. 教育是目前大眾談論的焦點。

  • How we proceed from here is a matter for debate. 我們還需要討論下一步該怎樣做。

  • Over the year we have had several debates about future policy. 一年來，我們就未來的政策進行了幾次討論。

• 1 to discuss a subject in a formal way -- 討論；爭論

  • In Parliament today, MPs debated the Finance Bill. 今天在議會上議員們討論了財政法案。

  • They had been debating for several hours without reaching a conclusion. 他們已經爭論了好幾個小時，仍然沒有得出一個結論。

  • [ + question word ] The authorities debated whether to build a new car park. 政府有關部門就是否要修建一座新停車場進行了討論。

  • [ + question word ] We debated whether to take the earlier train. 我們考慮到底要不要乘早一點的那班列車。

  • I'm still debating what colour to paint the walls. 我還在考慮要把牆刷成甚麼顏色。