Debate

(noun.) the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote).

(verb.) argue with one another; 'We debated the question of abortion'; 'John debated Mary'.

(verb.) discuss the pros and cons of an issue.

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• We retired from the debate which had followed on his nomination: we, his nominators, mortified; he dispirited to excess. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The debate had ended at three in the morning. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• A debate is not what a debate used to be; the House is not what the House used to be; even a Cabinet is not what it formerly was. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Raymond, while he knew that his plans and prospects were to be discussed and decided during the expected debate, was gay and careless. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Now,' was his debate with himself 'shall I foller you on, or shall I let you loose for this once, and go a fishing? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Any inward debate Lydgate had as to the consequences of this engagement which had stolen upon him, turned on the paucity of time rather than of money. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Why don't you read _El Debate_ then? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The debates were exciting, and were upon the subject of the situation the South was in at that time, particularly the State of Georgia. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I was telling him, the other day, how much we should be disappointed if he did not take a very active part in the debates. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The violence of our party debates about the new constitution seems much abated, indeed almost extinct, and we are getting fast into good order. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It is true that the debates of both Houses of Parliament the whole session through, uniformly tended to the protracted deliberation, How not to do it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP I did not allow my resolution, with respect to the Parliamentary Debates, to cool. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• There was a most irritating end to every one of these debates. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• In the debates to which this memorial gave rise, several attempts were made to justify the trade. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Here we debated the wisdom of sinking the craft before leaving her, but finally decided that it would add nothing to our chances for escape. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• And, when the matter was debated in council, the wisest part of the ministry were of my opinion. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The question to be debated was, whether the _Yahoos_ should be exterminated from the face of the earth? 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Nor, how I debated whether I should go away without ringing; nor, how I should undoubtedly have gone, if my time had been my own, to come back. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• We should have considered more carefully our future plans, and debated concerning the spot where we should in future dwell. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It is a trivial question that has been preposterously debated. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Mr. Lorry reddened as if he were conscious of having debated the point in his mind, and Mr. Carton made his way to the outside of the bar. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• What is worth debating is the method by which change is to come about. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• An attempt was made to organize a debating club, but it was a failure. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• So debating becomes a way of confirming your own prejudices; it is never, never in any debate I have suffered through, a search for understanding from the angles of two differing insights. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• That too is why debating is such a wretched amusement and most partisanship, most controversy, so degrading. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Lydgate did not answer, and she saw that he was debating with himself. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I was debating whether I should pretend that I was not well, and fly--I don't know where--upon my gallant grey, when Dora and Miss Mills met me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Nobody need waste his time debating whether or not there are to be great changes. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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