debatable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 [dɪˈbeɪtəbəɫ]   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A topic that is open to debate.
    — Just how many glaucoma patients there are in the United States and just how prevalent is the disease are two unknowns or at least two debatables.
形容词 adj.
  1. Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.
    — Those data are debatable: no one has been able to replicate them.
  2. Able to be debated; up for discussion.
    — The lack of bonuses this year is not debatable.

词形变化

more debatable comparative most debatable superlative debateable alternative debatables plural debateable alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
debatableness debatably nondebatable undebatable undebatably

词源

词源 1
From Old French debatable (French débattable), equivalent to debate + -able.
词源 2
From Old French debatable (French débattable), equivalent to debate + -able.
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