In one debate, an opponent described her father as "a tradesman of some description."

在一次辩论中，一个对手将她的父亲形容为“某种行业的工匠。”

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The debate could not be resolved because no one was able to ask the crucial questions in a form in which they could be pursued productively.

这场辩论未能得到解决，因为没有人能够以一种有效讨论这些关键问题的方式提出这些问题。

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No one could cope with him in debate.

没人能同他在辩论中对抗。

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"And we are going to win in November and President Obama will be a one-term president!" After more than a year of debate, the president is equally determined to make one last push for health care, including a recent stop in Ohio.

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The very presence in a theatrical piece of a long and weighty philosophical debate like this one could easily be seen as having a pretty tedious effect.

很容易看出这样一个戏剧般长篇,而有分量的哲学争论,有着令人厌倦的作用。

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In one debate with Mr Schaffer, he admitted not knowing that Paul Martin is premier of Canada (a surprising lapse, since Coors is currently merging with Canada's Molson).

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Unfortunately for him, he was facing the Obama of the second debate, not the fumbling one in the first debate.

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In one recent Dail debate Cork Sinn Fein TD Jonathan O'Brien said his party was pro-life.

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