Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rath
2015年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
Fierce debating can hurt feelings, particularly when strong personalities are involved.
2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
The objective of this debating game is not to win but to get to the truth that will allow you to move faster, farther and better.
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英语六级真题
They encounter boys all the time socially out of school, and through debating societies and things like that, some school activities as well.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
It's a fact not lost on American educators, who amid rising math failure rates are debating how math can better meet the real-life needs of students.
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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（各自发表不同观点的）辩论，争论，讨论
A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
A debate is a formal discussion, for example in a parliament or institution, in which people express different opinions about a particular subject and then vote on it.
If people debate a topic, they discuss it fairly formally, putting forward different views. You can also say that one person debates a topic with another person.
If you debate whether to do something or what to do, you think or talk about possible courses of action before deciding exactly what you are going to do.