[mass noun]debate or argument 辩论;争论 promoting consensus rather than disputation. 要促成一致而不是引发争辩。 [count noun]a lengthy disputation about the rights and wrongs of a particular request. 对某一要求的对错的冗长的争辩。 ■formal academic debate 逻辑辩论的鼻祖 the founding father of logical disputation. 学术辩论。
派生 disputative adjective 语源
late Middle English: from Latin disputatio(n-), from the verb disputare (see dispute)