I was almost of age before I realized that not everyone's evening meal involved vigorous, fun, intellectual debate.

直到我年龄不小的时候，我才意识到并不是每家的晚餐都会有活力，好玩和智力论辩。

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Since history is written by the winners, the Etruscans were written out of it-though even in ancient times the question of where their original homeland lay was a matter of intellectual debate.

历史是胜利者的篇章，渐渐地伊特·鲁里亚人便从历史的章页里消失了。而古时伊族人的原始家乡之迷只是饱学之人圈内的讨论。

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Intellectual growth and flexibility are fostered on debate and questioning.

智力的增长和灵活性是通过辩论和提问来培养的。

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There is a debate among rich countries and developing countries about trade-related intellectual property rights.

发达国家和发展中国家,在贸易知识产权上存在着纠纷。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

An evening to hear and join in on chunky intellectual debate but, in Irish spirit, in a darkened candle-lit room over a pint or two.

BBC: Dublin's underground literary scene

That is, in fact, the heart of the intellectual debate: although there are clearly dangers involved in freeing a financial system, the alternatives may be far worse.

ECONOMIST: The case for mild repression

Clearly accessible to the lay reader, it also stood smack in the middle of the intellectual debate about just how much evolution has to say about human behaviour.

ECONOMIST: Neuroscience