| 单词 | debate |
| 释义 | debate —debater, n. —debatingly, adv. /di bayt"/, n. , v. , debated, debating. n. 1. a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints: a debate in the Senate on farm price supports. 2. a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers. 3. deliberation; consideration. 4. Archaic. strife; contention. v.i. 5. to engage in argument or discussion, as in a legislative or public assembly: When we left, the men were still debating. 6. to participate in a formal debate. 7. to deliberate; consider: I debated with myself whether to tell them the truth or not. 8. Obs. to fight; quarrel. v.t. 9. to argue or discuss (a question, issue, or the like), as in a legislative or public assembly: They debated the matter of free will. 10. to dispute or disagree about: The homeowners debated the value of a road on the island. 11. to engage in formal argumentation or disputation with (another person, group, etc.): Jones will debate Smith. Harvard will debate Princeton. 12. to deliberate upon; consider: He debated his decision in the matter. 13. Archaic. to contend for or over. [1250-1300; (v.) ME debaten < OF debatre, equiv. to de- DE- + batre to beat < L battere, earlier battuere; (n.) ME debat < OF, deriv. of debatre] Syn. 1. argument, controversy, disputation, contention. 5. dispute, contend. See argue. |
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