英语词典 · 单词释义
debate
英 [dɪ'beɪt] 美 [dɪ'bet]
这里集中整理“debate”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vt. 辩论，争论，讨论
- vi. 辩论，争论，讨论
- n. 辩论；辩论会
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: debates;第三人称单数: debates;过去式: debated;过去分词: debated;现在分词: debating;
中文词源
debate 争辩
de-, 加强。-bat, 击打，词源同beat, batter. 引申义交锋，争辩。
英文词源
- debate (v.)
- late 14c., "to quarrel, dispute," also "discuss, deliberate upon the pros and cons of," from Old French debatre (13c., Modern French débattre), originally "to fight," from de- "down, completely" (see de-) + batre "to beat" (see battery). Related: Debated; debating.
- debate (n.)
- early 14c., "a quarrel, dispute, disagreement," from Old French debat; see debate (v.). Sense of "a formal dispute, a debating contest" is perhaps from early 15c.
双语例句
- 1. There needs to be a properly informed public debate.
- 有必要让公众在充分知情的状况下展开辩论。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. His comments are bound to add fuel to the debate.
- 他的话必将为争论推波助澜。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A full-scale debate is under way on what ails the industry.
- 关于工业为何陷入困境正在展开一场全面的讨论。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. There is a debate about his fitness for the highest office.
- 针对他是否能胜任最高职务展开了争论。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. To add spice to the debate, they disagreed about method and ideology.
- 他们在方法和观念上都持不同意见，这使辩论精彩了很多。
来自柯林斯例句
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