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单词 under discussion
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under discussion
P1. under discussion: being considered in speech or writing, often as a prelude to action being taken; constituting the topic of discourse or conversation. Also to come (also fall, etc.) under discussion: to be or become the topic of discourse or conversation.
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1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Def. xxiii. 227 I..shall speak very little in answer to such passages as have formerly come under discussion.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. 86 We must not judge the Question here under Discussion, altogether upon the same Foundation as if we were only examining the Merit of each Fruit in particular.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. liii. 153 Wheresoever his character falls under discussion, there is generally some person present, who..undertakes his defence.
1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 9 Feb. He should be the less disinclined..to vote for the motion under discussion, if he was not afraid that it would be followed up by another for impeachment.
1819 W. Gunn Inq. Gothic Archit. 80 I consider the architecture under discussion in the same point of view.
1871 Law Rep.: Privy Council Appeals 3 428 The matter of the writ was under discussion before the Judge on the previous afternoon.
1925 Times 23 Feb. 19/3 The possibility of standardizing the sequence of programme items is another matter under discussion.
1962 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 56 157 Such facets as..multiplier and ripple effects..are brought under discussion from different vantage points.
2009 I. T. Gordon People on Move ii. 16 It was a mark of respect among the Cree not to speak the name of a person under discussion.
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