The hotly debated question of abortion

被热烈讨论的堕胎问题

The Senate debated whether the new highway should be built or not.

参议院讨论了是否该修建这条新公路的问题。

From the time of Aristotle it was debated whether the embryo was a preformed, miniature individual or an undifferentiated form that gradually became specialized.

从亚里斯多德时代起,人们就开始争论胚胎究竟是什么的问题,"胚胎预存说"、"同比侏儒说"、"逐渐分化说"等等,莫衷一是。

The authorities debated whether to build a new car park.

当局就是否要建一个新的停车场展开辩论。

Most religious leaders now generally agree that some form of fertility regulation is desirable, though the means are strongly debated . See also family planning.

多数宗教领袖现在同意应该以某种方式控制人的生育,尽管对具体方式仍有不同的意见。

Paleontologists also debated whether archaeopteryx could fly

古生物学家还讨论了始祖鸟是否会飞的问题。

Since its return to power in early 1980, the party's high councils have not debated any major national issues, such as the turmoil in assam, the secessionist agitation for Khalistan in Punjab and relations with Pakistan

国大党自从1980年初重新执政以来,其上层的一些委员会对于诸如阿萨姆邦的骚乱、旁遮普邦的分离主义者要求成立卡利斯坦的骚动,以及与巴基斯坦的关系等等这样一些重大问题,从未讨论过。

The conference debated the sensitive issue of race relations.

会议辩论了敏感的种族关系问题。

Together with other technological advances, including tractors, mechanical harvesters, and irrigation pumps, agrochemicals have increased the per-acre productivity of regions such as the Great Plains by 200-300% since the 1930s. Their long-term effects on the environment and the stability of agricultural systems that use them are hotly debated .

加上牵引机、机械式收割机、灌溉泵等其它技术上的进步,自1930年代以来,农用化学品已经使美国大平原等地的产量每公顷增加200～300%,但它们对环境及农业系统稳定性的长期影响引起剧烈的争议。

She debated with herself before deciding to go

她决定去之前自己先考虑一番。

She debated whether to accept his invitation.

她考虑是否接受他的邀请。

She debated about which train to take

她在盘算着乘哪次火车。

Lincoln debated Douglas on the issue

林肯就该问题同道格拉斯辩论。

The two senators debated whether or not the Senate should pass the new tax bill.

那两位国会议员为国会是否应通过新的税则条例而争论。

There were reasons for this-often debated by nim and other younger executives

尼姆和其他年轻一些的行政官员经常讨论造成这种情况的原因。

Indeed, classical sociology debated with kant as much as Marx

事实上,古典社会学同康德的“论战”不亚于同马克思的“论战”。

Socrates debated upon the subject of life and death

苏格拉底就生死这一问题进行辩论。

He debated what to do.

他考虑该怎么办。

They debated it in whispers.

他们低声辩论。

They debated bitterly on(upon)certain question

他们对某个问题辩论得很激烈。

They debated bitterly on a certain question.

他们对某问题辩论得很激烈。

They debated the question openly.

他们公开辩论这个问题。

They debated on the economic policy for the whole afternoon, just going round in circles

他们就经济政策辩论了一下午,还是毫无进展。

They debated closing the factory.

他们讨论了关闭工厂的问题。

They debated the subject hotly

他们曾经热烈地讨论这个问题。

They debated closing the factory.

他们争论是否关闭工厂.

He debated buying a new car,but didn't in the end.

他思量很久是否买辆新汽车,但最后还是没买.

He had debated between the Berkeley Free Library and the oakland Free Library, and decided upon the latter because Ruth lived in oakland

他在伯克利和奥克兰的两家免费图书馆之间作了选择,决定去奥克兰,因为露丝住在奥克兰。

He debated carefully before he decided.

他在决定前慎重考虑了。

He debated buying a new car, but didn't in the end.

他曾考虑买辆新车,但结果没买。

motion(to be debated);make a proposal;propose a bill

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