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单词 disputable
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Definition of disputable in English:

disputable

adjective ˈdɪspjʊtəb(ə)ldɪˈspjuːtəb(ə)ldəˈspjudəb(ə)l
  • Not established as a fact, and so open to question or debate.

    值得质疑的;有待讨论的

    whether it can be described as art criticism may be disputable

    它是否可以被称为艺术批评还有待商榷。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nonetheless, by rejecting these premises, the Stoics often committed themselves to highly disputable contentions.
    • The result of any fruitful worldview is a firm, self-confident life order that is perceived as necessary, as a reality, about which there is nothing uncertain or disputable.
    • It took nearly an hour and several dead ends to find what they assumed was the bridge, only to decide that fact was disputable.
    • Any determination of disputable fact may, the law recognises, be imperfect: the law aims at providing the best and safest solutions compatible with human fallibility and having reached that solution it closes the book.
    • Neither is disputable, but each represents a completely different issue, and therefore each requires a different remedy.
    • I mean, there is something so dreadfully solid about it, and, obviously, disputable.
    • ‘It's not disputable,’ says Fund of the Wall Street Journal.
    • For the second time in as many games, goals which should have stood were disallowed thanks to some disputable refereeing.
    • The official line, even as Britain completes an act of remembrance for the Holocaust, the worst genocide of them all, is that all issues are disputable.
    • The Nazi regime provides the least disputable historical example of totalitarian excess.
    • Whether Spurs would have deserved it is disputable.
    • There was more disputable officiating in yesterday's midday clash at Headingley where Leeds benefited to the tune of 41-18.
    • Much of this is eminently disputable, yet the result is constructive stimulation rather than mere provocation.
    • A Marine shoots a wounded man under disputable circumstances.
    • In fact, the absence of such oligarchic groups in Belarus is a disputable question.
    • Most disputable in its battle against the government is its formal criticism of the identity of the Roh administration.
    • As was said earlier today by Justice McHugh in another matter, and has often been said by this Court, such questions of statutory construction are inherently disputable.
    • This assertion is certainly legally disputable at the very least, and Burnside should know it.
    • Though this seems at first barely disputable, it quickly gives rise to difficult questions; in particular, since the thinker's reasons will be further beliefs, we can ask whether these beliefs are themselves justified.
    • I think the will of the people should have precedence over disputable interpretations of the court.
    Synonyms
    debatable, open to debate, open to discussion, arguable, contestable, moot, open to question, questionable, doubtful, dubious
    controversial, contentious, disputed, contended, unconfirmed, unsettled, unsound
    informal iffy
    British informal dodgy
    rare controvertible

Derivatives

  • disputably

  • adverb
    • Green explains that it was the naval battle at Artemisium, where the Greeks may disputably be considered the victor, that Pindar described as ‘the shining cornerstone of freedom’ because Xerxes had lost too many of his ships to divide them, send half to Sparta, and so conquer the Greeks.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Earliest known drawings of scabies were made by Giovan Cosimo Bonomo in 1687, who collaborated with Diacinto Cestoni and is disputably the discoverer of the scabies mite.
      • The reliability of such estimates is still a matter of discussion and for that reason we preferred to use equally weighted independent varieties above disputably weighted and correlated varieties.
      • The Red Cross is, disputably, the most widely recognized charitable organization in the world.
      • As college is disputably the most formative time in one's life, collegiate architecture is a significant influence on a student's pilgrimage.

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin disputabilis, from the verb disputare 'to estimate', later 'to dispute' (see dispute).

Definition of disputable in US English:

disputable

adjectivedəˈspjudəb(ə)ldəˈspyo͞odəb(ə)l
  • Not established as a fact, and so open to question or debate.

    值得质疑的;有待讨论的

    whether it can be described as art criticism may be disputable

    它是否可以被称为艺术批评还有待商榷。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The result of any fruitful worldview is a firm, self-confident life order that is perceived as necessary, as a reality, about which there is nothing uncertain or disputable.
    • In fact, the absence of such oligarchic groups in Belarus is a disputable question.
    • Though this seems at first barely disputable, it quickly gives rise to difficult questions; in particular, since the thinker's reasons will be further beliefs, we can ask whether these beliefs are themselves justified.
    • Most disputable in its battle against the government is its formal criticism of the identity of the Roh administration.
    • A Marine shoots a wounded man under disputable circumstances.
    • ‘It's not disputable,’ says Fund of the Wall Street Journal.
    • As was said earlier today by Justice McHugh in another matter, and has often been said by this Court, such questions of statutory construction are inherently disputable.
    • The official line, even as Britain completes an act of remembrance for the Holocaust, the worst genocide of them all, is that all issues are disputable.
    • Neither is disputable, but each represents a completely different issue, and therefore each requires a different remedy.
    • There was more disputable officiating in yesterday's midday clash at Headingley where Leeds benefited to the tune of 41-18.
    • The Nazi regime provides the least disputable historical example of totalitarian excess.
    • I mean, there is something so dreadfully solid about it, and, obviously, disputable.
    • Whether Spurs would have deserved it is disputable.
    • Nonetheless, by rejecting these premises, the Stoics often committed themselves to highly disputable contentions.
    • I think the will of the people should have precedence over disputable interpretations of the court.
    • It took nearly an hour and several dead ends to find what they assumed was the bridge, only to decide that fact was disputable.
    • Much of this is eminently disputable, yet the result is constructive stimulation rather than mere provocation.
    • For the second time in as many games, goals which should have stood were disallowed thanks to some disputable refereeing.
    • Any determination of disputable fact may, the law recognises, be imperfect: the law aims at providing the best and safest solutions compatible with human fallibility and having reached that solution it closes the book.
    • This assertion is certainly legally disputable at the very least, and Burnside should know it.
    Synonyms
    debatable, open to debate, open to discussion, arguable, contestable, moot, open to question, questionable, doubtful, dubious

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin disputabilis, from the verb disputare ‘to estimate’, later ‘to dispute’ (see dispute).

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