I feel pretty confident about tonight's debate.

我对今晚的辩论相当有信心。

This is coarsening our public debate.

这使我们的公共辩论，变得粗鄙不堪。

Then, there are more debates dotting the calendar.

届时围绕美国总统竞选将会有更多辩论。

The Speaker keeps the house in order by chairing these debates.

下议院议长主持辩论，并维持秩序。

Well. The right to smoke or not smoke generates passionate debates.

是的。能否吸烟的起了激烈的辩论。

These discussions weren't debates, nor would Socrates offer explicit advice.

他们只讨论，不辩论，苏格底也不明确给出自己的观点。

When pictures circulated on the Internet, it sparked heated debate.

照片在网上一便发激烈争论。

There is a long running debate about that.

对此很久以来都有争论。

A close race could increase the importance of the four televised candidate debates.

这场胶着的选举让四个候选人的电视辩论变得尤其重要。

This was one of a series of debates for both parties.

这是双方一系列争论的其中一项。

The articles of impeachment are what they'll be debating.

彼时参议院将就弹劾条款进行辩论。

That precise impact is still being debated, however.

然而，这一行动的确切影响仍在争论中。

The baby bonuses have sparked an intense online debate.

携程的生育补贴发了网上的激烈讨论。

This is an issue that transcends the usual debates in this chamber, Ambassador Haley said.

大使海利表示，这个问已超越了常规的讨论。

Perhaps you were searching for these traits while watching the recent Republican presidential debate.

可能在观看最近的共和党总统候选人唇枪舌剑辩论时你也会寻找他们的这些特质。

We Europeans cannot afford to waste our energies on internal disputes or arcane institutional debates.

我们欧洲人不能把精力浪费在内部争端，或晦涩难懂的制度辩论上。

In his last semester, he won several debates.

在他的最后一个学期里，他赢得了几场辩论。

The invitation will now be debated in Britain's parliament.

这一邀请将在英国议会进行辩论。

In neighboring Spain, a similar law is still being debated.

在邻国西班牙，类似的法律仍然备受争议。

The point is, this is not some abstract political debate.

关键在于，这不是什么抽象的政治辩论。