1·We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night.
我们交谈、争论、闲聊到夜间。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Whether or not we can catch up on sleep—on the weekend, say—is a hotly debated topic among sleep researchers.
我们是否能在周末补觉是睡眠研究者们激烈争论的话题。
3·We find it refreshing that he has forced public debate on issues that must be debated publicly for a peace deal to happen.
我们发现这令人耳目一新：为促成和平协议，他已经把必须公开争论的问题推向公众争论。
4·We debated including Minority Report on this list, but more than eight years later, the film continues to influence the technology we use and develop.
我们争论过《少数派报告》出现在这份清单里的存在的必要性，但是八年多过去了，这部电影继续影响着我们依然沿用的技术。
5·The way our brain perceives reality is a subject that was debated for a long time and the answers are still pretty vague.
我们大脑感知现实的方式是一个被争论了很长时间的主题，而且答案依然是不明朗的。
1·The students debated the aesthetic of the poems.
学生就这些诗的美感展开了辩论。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·This was debated eagerly at first, but with diminishing coherence as the champagne took hold.
辩论一开始满热烈的，可是上了香槟后，条理性就降低了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·All still hotly debated.
这一切仍在被人们激烈辩论。
4·It was fabulous to read these people as they debated what will happen to Russia, the kind of westerners and those in between.
西方两派间关于俄国走向的辩论，读起来实在是一件快事。
5·Secretary of State John Kerry debated with members of the U.S. Senate Thursday in the first publichearing on the Iran nuclear deal.
美国国务卿约翰·克里星期四与美国参议院议员就伊朗核协议进行了首次公开辩论。