1 N-VAR 讨论;商讨 If there is discussion about something, people talk about it, often in order to reach a decision. 讨论;商讨
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There was a lot of discussion about the wording of the report. [+ of/about/on]
关于此则报道的措辞议论纷纷。
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Council members are due to have informal discussions later on today.
委员会成员定于今日晚些时候进行非正式讨论。
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The whole question of school curriculum is up for discussion.
涉及学校课程的全部事项都已提出供大家讨论。
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The plan may well be over-ambitious, and is clearly open to discussion.
该计划可能太过好高骛远，势必要招致争论。
If something is
under discussion, it is still being talked about and a final decision has not yet been reached.
2 N-COUNT 论述;详述 A discussion of a subject is a piece of writing or a lecture in which someone talks about it in detail. 论述;详述
SYN examination, investigation, analysis, scrutiny
3 ADJ [ADJ n] 探讨性的 A discussion document or paper is one that contains information and usually proposals for people to discuss. 探讨性的
Quotations
To jaw-jaw is better than to war-war Winston Churchill
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should be not victory, but progress Joseph Joubert Pensées
| Thesaurus | discussion Also look up: |
| N. | conference, conversation, debate, talk 1 |
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