debatable
英 [dɪˈbeɪtəbl]
美 [dɪˈbeɪtəbl]
adj. 可争辩的; 有争议的
Collins.1 / BNC.14144 / COCA.16978
牛津词典
adj.
- 可争辩的;有争议的
not certain because people can have different ideas and opinions about the thing being discussed- a debatable point
有争议的观点 - It is highly debatable whether conditions have improved for low-income families.
低收入家庭的生活状况是否已得到改善是一个颇有争议的问题。
- a debatable point
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 有争议的;有疑问的;未定的
If you say that something isdebatable, you mean that it is not certain.- Whether we can stay in this situation is debatable...
在这种情况下我们能否留下还很难说。 - It is debatable whether or not antibiotics would make any difference...
抗生素能否起到什么作用还无法定论。 - Whether older women miscarry more often or whether they report more miscarriages is a debatable point.
究竟是年纪大的女性更容易流产还是她们报告了更多流产事例,这一点仍存在争议。
- Whether we can stay in this situation is debatable...
英英释义
adj
- capable of being disproved
- open to argument or debate
- that is a moot question
- open to doubt or debate
- If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic
双语例句
- But its effectiveness is debatable.
但该工具的有效性值得商榷。 - This is a highly debatable point.
这是个争议很大的问题。 - These are reasonable, if debatable, observations, however lacking in originality or particular insight.
如果说这些言论尚存争议,但都还是言之成理的,不管它们是多么缺乏新意或独到的见解。 - Unfortunately this debatable concept is now too generally accepted in the political world for such repudiation to be feasible.
不幸的是,这个有争议的概念如今在政界受到太广泛的认可,这样批判它已经不可行了。 - Whether these dams are really a net positive for China and the world is debatable.
这些水坝对中国就世界而言是否只有正面影响是有争议的。 - Whether that is sensible, given the mess the agencies have made of things lately, is debatable.
考虑到评级机构最近制造的混乱局面,这种做法是否明智仍待商榷。 - That conclusion is debatable for two principal reasons.
这个结论是值得商榷的两个主要的原因。 - Whether the report serves more than a political need to apportion blame is debatable.
报告除了满足分摊责任的政治需求以外是否还有其他意义,还有待商榷。 - It is debatable whether or not antibiotics would make any difference
抗生素能否起到什么作用还无法定论。 - In the context of Arab societies, it is debatable if the Ottoman Empire was a colonial power.
在社会背景下的阿拉伯国家,如果它是有争议的,奥斯曼帝国是一个殖民大国。