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deliberation

/dih-lib-uh-rey-shuhn/US // dɪˌlɪb əˈreɪ ʃən //UK // (dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən) //

商议,审议,商量,商讨

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : careful consideration before decision.
    • : formal consultation or discussion.
    • : deliberate quality; leisureliness of movement or action; slowness.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounserious thought, discussion

Examples

  • The Ivy League, however, does not appear prepared to deviate from its deliberation.

  • If you don’t win, no one has to see the professor’s letter or any deliberation over your nomination until there have been another 12 presidential elections.

  • The trade agreement was confirmed Saturday night by a person familiar with the deliberations.

  • The Philadelphia Eagles are working to complete a deal with Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni to hire him as their next head coach, according to a person familiar with the deliberations.

  • The deliberations on whether superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes will return to the Kansas City Chiefs’ lineup for Sunday’s AFC championship game do not involve Coach Andy Reid.

  • On Nov. 13, after years of deliberation, an advisory panel finally recommended lifting the ban, sort of.

  • After 90 minutes of deliberation, the jury found that the evidence was insufficient and acquitted Lizzie.

  • His sexual life, just like his barbarism, was the result of deliberation, not appetites run amok.

  • Distasteful those ads might be, but restrictions on political speech should be exercised with great deliberation and caution.

  • Not many doctors are likely to reach for the pocketbook on that scale without quite a bit of deliberation.

  • An old weather-beaten bear-hunter stepped forward, squirting out his tobacco juice with all imaginable deliberation.

  • With great deliberation and much formality Wu-pom Nai proceeded to loosen the boy's heavy plaits of hair.

  • There was no moment of deliberation, no interval of repose between the thought and its fulfillment.

  • She adjusted it, sticking the hat pin through the heavy coil of hair with some deliberation.

  • He began now to watch Ando, and found himself annoyed by the deliberation of his friend's motions.