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单词 discuss
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Definition of discuss in English:

discuss

verb dɪˈskʌsdəˈskəs
[with object]
  • 1Talk about (something) with a person or people.

    讨论;谈论

    I discussed the matter with my wife

    我和妻子讨论了这件事。

    with clause they were discussing where to go for a drink

    他们在讨论到哪里去喝一杯。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Imagine what it's like to be discussing your finances while one of your neighbours is behind you in the queue.
    • Tomorrow when I meet up with my school reunion friends we will be discussing day trips for the coming year.
    • The voice of a man can be heard discussing theories of black holes and the Big Bang.
    • It's a sad state of affairs when you hear certain young kids on the bus discussing punk rock.
    • There is no point in discussing the plot, because I still haven't figured it out.
    • After all its not everyday that one hears ordinary people discussing politics in public.
    • I have often heard them eagerly discussing such serials broadcast by Radio Luxemburg.
    • So we relaxed in their company, sipping beer at the poolside bar while discussing our plans for the weekend.
    • We spent at least twenty minutes discussing the relative merits of various lotions and potions.
    • We spent the evening drinking our first communal gin and discussing strategies.
    • In the same way, I wouldn't want to sit in the middle of a group of men discussing cars, football and women.
    • Tim and I were discussing the ending and the fifty million various ways in which it could go.
    • Back in Britain another bunch of women are filmed discussing their parts with remarkable candour.
    • We sat out on the patio with him on his last evening, drinking a beer and discussing the project.
    • He also tries, and fails, to put a note of delight out of his voice when discussing recent triumphs.
    • Two lovable rogues are discussing a mutual acquaintance who has just been released from prison.
    • And I thought we were going to sit calmly discussing strategy for the evening ahead.
    • So Bails arrives and we spend a couple of hours discussing the week that was, drinking and watching the world go by.
    • As I was leaving the store this evening he was discussing a matter of concern with one of our fine local young people.
    • I prefer to get through this embarrassment by not discussing my job or where I've been on holiday.
    Synonyms
    talk over, talk about, talk through, converse about, debate, confer about, put your heads together about, deliberate about, chew over, consider, exchange views on/about, weigh up, consider the pros and cons of, thrash out, argue, dispute
    moot, air, ventilate
    British canvass
    informal kick around/about, bat around/about
    1. 1.1 Talk or write about (a topic) in detail, taking into account different issues or ideas.
      论述;著述
      in Chapter Six I discuss problems that arise in applying Darwin's ideas

      在第六章,我阐述应用达尔文的思想时产生的问题。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Here again, I do not have the space to discuss in detail the fairness of each of these policies.
      • I am not convinced and that is why I have asked for this topic to be discussed at the town council.
      • Many of these topics will be taken up and discussed in greater detail in subsequent chapters.
      • His fifth work in the six part treatise was published in 1883 and discusses well-ordered sets.
      • However, he felt the issue should first be discussed with the city's retail sector.
      • There was only one serious topic to be discussed between Prime Minister and president.
      • We have attempted to find the best available evidence for the topics we discuss.
      • Of course there are other issues to be discussed, as we shall see in the next two paragraphs.
      • These are all issues we've discussed broadly and fully within my administration.
      • The next section discusses in greater detail the accepted history of internal audit.
      • The issue will be discussed at a meeting of the county council executive tomorrow.
      • The issue is set to be discussed at a meeting of the council's planning committee tonight.
      • The first two advantages have already been discussed earlier in some detail in this chapter.
      • This work has been reviewed elsewhere and will not be discussed in detail here.
      • There is another link to a piece in which he discusses why he writes poetry.
      • The two cards use quite different cooling solutions, as was discussed in the roundup.
      • This is the major topic which will be discussed in the remainder of this chapter.
      • It will be discussed in detail at a later date and changed as is necessary and ratified.
      • We are willing to meet with any individual who wishes to discuss this or other issues.
      • For issues to be discussed in the form of poetry is not to romanticise them.
      Synonyms
      examine, explore, study, analyse, go into, scrutinize, review
      deal with, treat, consider, concern itself with, write about, tackle

Derivatives

  • discussable

  • adjective
    • I have given a few samples of Heidegger word-torrents, but for the most part I have extracted the more or less discussable conclusions.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • No one will listen to his ideas as reasonable, discussable issues.
      • Time usually will graft on maturity, and the being considerate part is discussable.
      • One other outstanding question needs to be looked at before we leave the matter of style, endlessly discussable as it is.
      • When you offend someone, you haven't crossed some arbitrary, discussable limit; you've crossed a real, substantive boundary.
  • discusser

  • noun
    • Results shown by the discussers are very interesting.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The reviewers drive the project - they are the primary developers, the discussers, and the decision makers.
      • If the discussers want to change this, you should lead them to adopt an alternative, joint plan.
      • Each person is responsible for presenting two papers; one as the technical discusser and one as the context discusser.
      • The presenter provides the topical presentation in 30 minutes and the discusser leads the discussion including his or her own presentation in 20 minutes.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'dispel, disperse', also 'examine by argument'): from Latin discuss- 'dashed to pieces', later 'investigated', from the verb discutere, from dis- 'apart' + quatere 'shake'.

  • The basic sense of discuss is ‘shaking and separating’. Latin quatere ‘shake’ is the base verb, combined with dis- ‘apart’ to form discutere meaning ‘dash to pieces’ and later ‘investigate’.

Definition of discuss in US English:

discuss

verbdəˈskəsdəˈskəs
[with object]
  • 1Talk about (something) with another person or group of people.

    讨论;谈论

    I discussed the matter with my wife

    我和妻子讨论了这件事。

    with clause they were discussing where to go for a drink

    他们在讨论到哪里去喝一杯。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He also tries, and fails, to put a note of delight out of his voice when discussing recent triumphs.
    • After all its not everyday that one hears ordinary people discussing politics in public.
    • As I was leaving the store this evening he was discussing a matter of concern with one of our fine local young people.
    • I have often heard them eagerly discussing such serials broadcast by Radio Luxemburg.
    • We spent at least twenty minutes discussing the relative merits of various lotions and potions.
    • Two lovable rogues are discussing a mutual acquaintance who has just been released from prison.
    • So we relaxed in their company, sipping beer at the poolside bar while discussing our plans for the weekend.
    • The voice of a man can be heard discussing theories of black holes and the Big Bang.
    • In the same way, I wouldn't want to sit in the middle of a group of men discussing cars, football and women.
    • And I thought we were going to sit calmly discussing strategy for the evening ahead.
    • I prefer to get through this embarrassment by not discussing my job or where I've been on holiday.
    • Tim and I were discussing the ending and the fifty million various ways in which it could go.
    • We sat out on the patio with him on his last evening, drinking a beer and discussing the project.
    • Tomorrow when I meet up with my school reunion friends we will be discussing day trips for the coming year.
    • We spent the evening drinking our first communal gin and discussing strategies.
    • Back in Britain another bunch of women are filmed discussing their parts with remarkable candour.
    • There is no point in discussing the plot, because I still haven't figured it out.
    • Imagine what it's like to be discussing your finances while one of your neighbours is behind you in the queue.
    • It's a sad state of affairs when you hear certain young kids on the bus discussing punk rock.
    • So Bails arrives and we spend a couple of hours discussing the week that was, drinking and watching the world go by.
    Synonyms
    talk over, talk about, talk through, converse about, debate, confer about, put your heads together about, deliberate about, chew over, consider, exchange views about, exchange views on, weigh up, consider the pros and cons of, thrash out, argue, dispute
    1. 1.1 Talk or write about (a topic) in detail, taking into account different ideas and opinions.
      论述;著述
      in Chapter Six I discuss problems that arise in applying Darwin's ideas

      在第六章,我阐述应用达尔文的思想时产生的问题。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • There was only one serious topic to be discussed between Prime Minister and president.
      • His fifth work in the six part treatise was published in 1883 and discusses well-ordered sets.
      • However, he felt the issue should first be discussed with the city's retail sector.
      • Here again, I do not have the space to discuss in detail the fairness of each of these policies.
      • The issue is set to be discussed at a meeting of the council's planning committee tonight.
      • The issue will be discussed at a meeting of the county council executive tomorrow.
      • Of course there are other issues to be discussed, as we shall see in the next two paragraphs.
      • We are willing to meet with any individual who wishes to discuss this or other issues.
      • We have attempted to find the best available evidence for the topics we discuss.
      • For issues to be discussed in the form of poetry is not to romanticise them.
      • This work has been reviewed elsewhere and will not be discussed in detail here.
      • It will be discussed in detail at a later date and changed as is necessary and ratified.
      • The two cards use quite different cooling solutions, as was discussed in the roundup.
      • The next section discusses in greater detail the accepted history of internal audit.
      • The first two advantages have already been discussed earlier in some detail in this chapter.
      • I am not convinced and that is why I have asked for this topic to be discussed at the town council.
      • These are all issues we've discussed broadly and fully within my administration.
      • Many of these topics will be taken up and discussed in greater detail in subsequent chapters.
      • This is the major topic which will be discussed in the remainder of this chapter.
      • There is another link to a piece in which he discusses why he writes poetry.
      Synonyms
      examine, explore, study, analyse, go into, scrutinize, review

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘dispel, disperse’, also ‘examine by argument’): from Latin discuss- ‘dashed to pieces’, later ‘investigated’, from the verb discutere, from dis- ‘apart’ + quatere ‘shake’.

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