亲 要表达“多于一个debate”时，就用debates。 下述例句均查询自有道，就是很普通的复数含义表达，供参考。 不用过多纠结
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1. His vacuity was a handicap in these debates.
/ L$ R! O& y/ F' Z思想贫乏是他在这些辩论中的一个弱点。
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' n9 s& Z! c4 C2 p: k. P2. The four debates will be compressed into an eight-day period. & H; ?) V& j! p3 j. O
4场辩论将被压缩在8天内。
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3 }2 d. V( E* x6 |2 @3. In this new book, Harrison brilliantly disentangles complex debates.
D% t* @* m; U0 F1 J* R# b在这本新书里，哈里森出色地在复杂的争论中理顺了头绪。
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1 _# ^8 Q$ N+ i) [+ B5 B& Y4. He is increasingly active in harrying the government in late-night debates. ; u. `& v3 d- S: v
他愈来愈积极地在午夜辩论节目中不断攻击政府。
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5. Ellen Malos, in her introduction to "The Politics of Housework," provides a summary of the debates. 9 `- Z; s* o- C% ^+ |
埃伦·马洛斯在她的《家务政治学》一书的引言中对这些争论做了一个概述。
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& T/ y7 M5 P& Y' h" r% j: b/ N' r6. Debates sharpen one's wits.
( _* }2 L% f; k# a1 j辩论增长才智。
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围绕这些李子而展开的辩论已经开始。
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8. Amid the din, it is easy to forget quite how American history has shaped these debates.
; J: i* P2 F! `. [在一片喧嚣声中，人们很容易忘记美国历史是如何塑造这些辩论的。4 |) w! Z+ j" ]: U/ u
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批判性思维不仅在辩论赛中很重要，在我们生活中的其他方面也很重要。
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10. We have had plenty of debates in Congress and the media over whether the government should have a backdoor.
; x% H6 {9 `$ j8 T) E我们在国会和媒体上多次辩论是否应为政府预留后门程序。
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11. The method to be used in debates is to present the facts, reason things out, and persuade through reasoning.
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4 Q: s6 o j0 @* r5 b9 @0 d12. Thomas R. Dew wrote a whole book in the wake of the state of Virginia's debates in 1832 over whether to re-write its constitution.
* J2 W6 I% p: \5 ^; Z( B3 K7 G& q7 y托马斯·德夫在1832年弗吉尼亚关于是否要重新制定宪法的辩论之后写了一本书。
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13. Today, the social sciences are largely focused on disciplinary problems and internal scholarly debates, rather than on topics with external impact.
/ {$ S6 V* g6 B: e8 F/ e今天，社会科学主要关注学科问题和内部的学术争论，而不是讨论具有外部影响的话题。
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2 o/ ~- Y! ^. W( f14. The success has helped inspire self-conscious debates on business school campuses over the worth of a business degree and whether management skills can be taught. " k5 b" e2 l- c3 h
这项成功使人们开始在商学院校园自觉讨论，关于商学学位的价值以及管理技能是否可以被传授。
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15. The book is an excellent vignette of some of the major debates in science.
/ j z& z* O4 n" K这本书非常清晰且扼要地介绍了科学界的一些主要争议。4 F$ d8 B+ L; Y: _. `
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5 p3 e. g1 O3 h3 n8 z1 v% }3 i. z) ?2 S16. Providing powerful hand held devices is sure to fuel debates over the role of technology in higher education.
; c! l* K+ N0 l' b& O+ W+ c提供强大的手持设备肯定会引发关于技术在高等教育中的作用的争论。
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' F4 m/ B% y- L* x* P) G, b17. This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance. 2 H8 b+ ?7 l( |2 [5 V2 ~
这种新的对自我满足的关注可以帮助员工在工作与生活平衡问题日益激烈的争论中保持积极。' y0 a- G( k' q" V9 r, f3 D2 X
* e9 f: i* O9 c. L" j G, S( V8 `18. The problem was, of course, Nat Turner's Insurrection; it had just occurred in October of 1831 and they held these debates in the wake of it.
: X' z6 f2 K, {4 J% ^问题当然是纳特·特纳的起义；它发生在1831年10月，他们把这些议题推到起义之后。
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, ~% B3 D _( \# l+ v$ d( x C: a19. Other debates have mattered, too.
1 ^" W8 I- p& y+ R其它的辩论也一样重要。: J9 k; R' W, x; i5 J) r
$ O" _3 z+ V+ p6 P j! w20. The debates are endless. ; ~' {( p. A" Y3 w( |0 e% C
这个争论无休无止。
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这些，都是极为重要的辩论话题。
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3 w" X; w! @; h: Z4 l. Y23. Now have you been watching the GOP debates?
% g$ {! T6 C+ |5 {: l3 u' q那个，您看了共和党候选人辩论了吗？
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24. I will be listening closely to your debates. 9 L! J6 ^1 R* T4 j/ Z* W2 R
我将认真地聆听你们的讨论。2 o) m$ t2 N6 S: I1 E* }/ z
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关于翻译的争论是如何解决的？
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1 K7 B7 t' W3 e" r( l27. What can today’s candidates learn from past debates? 0 i+ P. Z. X9 N. F- i
那么今天的候选人可以从以前的辩论中可以学到什么呢？" x, T; h Z9 `9 R
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