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debater

/dih-beyt/US // dɪˈbeɪt //UK // (dɪˈbeɪt) //

辩论者,辩手,辩论家,辩论赛

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n.名词 noun
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    • : a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints: a debate in the Senate on farm price supports.
    • : a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers.
    • : deliberation; consideration.
    • : Archaic. strife; contention.
v.无主动词 verb
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    de·bat·ed, de·bat·ing.

    • : to engage in argument or discussion, as in a legislative or public assembly: When we left, the men were still debating.
    • : to participate in a formal debate.
    • : to deliberate; consider: I debated with myself whether to tell them the truth or not.
    • : Obsolete. to fight; quarrel.
v.有主动词 verb
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    de·bat·ed, de·bat·ing.

    • : to argue or discuss, as in a legislative or public assembly: They debated the matter of free will.
    • : to dispute or disagree about: The homeowners debated the value of a road on the island.
    • : to engage in formal argumentation or disputation with: Jones will debate Smith. Harvard will debate Princeton.
    • : to deliberate upon; consider: He debated his decision in the matter.
    • : Archaic. to contend for or over.

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Examples

  • There’s a debate on whether YouTube is actually a social media platform or more of a streaming platform or content platform.

  • Thursday’s ruling in the Harvard case was another development in a debate over admissions that has long stirred passions.

  • The tension has sparked deeper debates about America’s breakneck shift toward education online.

  • He held a public debate with Elon Musk to discuss aliens and artificial intelligence and starred in an Alibaba-produced martial arts film with some of China’s biggest film stars.

  • Whichever side you come down on in the debate, you’re not likely to get a look at “Supernova” soon, but it’s something to keep in mind if early handicapping of the Oscar race is your game.

  • Lubetsky explained that students who found Cruz combative may have simply been seeing what made Cruz so successful as a debater.

  • Obama “won” the debate because he appeared to be the more aggressive debater.

  • He never faced a good debater in 2008 in McCain, and the Dem primary was a whole other animal.

  • And audiences almost always judge who they believe to be the more aggressive debater as the victor.

  • When you haven't been in the cross-fire of a smart debater, you panic in the moment.

  • Three years in opposition gave him a great reputation as a quick and ready debater.

  • It is often as much an advantage to a debater to dispose of objections as it is to establish his own case.

  • We should be inclined to rank him as one of the greatest orators, and the very greatest debater, of the House of Commons.

  • Then Harringay rose after the manner of the debater who is conscious that he is going to say the popular thing.

  • He was not much known outside of Illinois, except as a skilful debater and stump orator.