After three hours of impassioned debate the motion was defeated.

经过三小时激烈的辩论，这项动议被否决了。

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Our list of the World's 50 most delicious foods stimulated some impassioned debate about the conspicuous lack of French dishes and the merits of ketchup over mayonnaise.

我们关于世界上排名前50的美味食物这个单子一开出来便招致了激烈的讨论，因为很明显，这单子里少了法式菜肴和番茄酱与蛋黄酱的影子。

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But Mr Howard's attempt to tighten the law in the wake of Wik has provoked the most impassioned debate on race that Australia has seen.

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Instead, it was the result of two roll call votes taken in the course of many hours of impassioned debate on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

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The action followed months of impassioned public debate initiated by a petition signed by hundreds of residents asking for a ban on fracking.

WSJ: NY appeals court to consider local fracking bans