debatable

英 [dɪˈbeɪtəbl]

美 [dɪˈbeɪtəbl]

adj.  可争辩的; 有争议的

TOEFL

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
  1. a debatable point
     有争议的观点
  2. 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。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

adj

• capable of being disproved
  Synonym:disputable
• open to argument or debate
  1. that is a moot question
  Synonym:arguabledisputablemoot
• open to doubt or debate
  1. If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic
  Synonym:problematicproblematical

双语例句

• 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。
• It is debatable whether there is a competition between the OSCE and NATO.
  欧安组织与北约之间是否存在竞争关系，各有不同看法。
• 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。
• 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。
• But its effectiveness is debatable.
  但该工具的有效性值得商榷。
• But it is debatable whether the BRICs have anything more in common than their size and economic potential.
  但是，金砖四国除了规模和经济潜力之外，是否还有其它共同点，存在争议。
• 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。
• That's debatable since we have several other excellent students as good as Kelly.
  这种说法大有问题，因为我们还有好几位跟凯利一样优秀的学生。
• 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。
• Their meaning, it seems, has become more, not less, debatable with the passage of time.
  随着时间的推移，这些事件的意义好像越发值得辩论，而非相反。