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discuss
它是指把支持和反對的意見列出來, 條分縷析地對各種可能性進(jìn)行分析。
implies a sifting of possibilities by presenting considerations pro and con
例句:
discuss the need for widening the expressway
探討拓寬高速公路的需求
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argue
指給出原因或證據(jù)來證明自己已經(jīng)持有的立場,通常氣氛比較熱烈
argue implies the often heated offering of reasons or evidence in support of convictions already held
例句:
argued that the project would be too costly
就這個(gè)項(xiàng)目是否耗費(fèi)太大展開爭論
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debate
指對立陣營間正式或公開的爭論。
例句:
debate the merits of the proposed constitutional amendment
就憲法修正案議案的可取之處展開辯論
它還可以用于(自己)考慮細(xì)想某事。
例句:
I'm debating whether I should go.
我在考慮是否應(yīng)該前往。
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dispute
指可能引起爭吵的或熱烈的爭論,程度更深。
例句:
scientists dispute the reasons for the extinction of the dinosaurs
科學(xué)家就恐龍滅絕的原因爭論不休