英 [dɪˈbeɪtəb(ə)l] 美 [dɪˈbeɪtəb(ə)l]
adj. 有争议的，有待商榷的
debatable /dɪˈbeɪtəbəl/
形容词 If you say that something is debatable, you mean that it is not certain. 有争议的
It is debatable whether or not the shareholders were ever properly compensated.
股东们是否曾被合理补偿还存在争议。
open to doubt or debate
同义词： problematic / problematical
open to argument or debate
同义词： arguable / disputable / moot
capable of being disproved
同义词： disputable
... - guarded 受限制的，谨慎的(注意在GRE中不要理解为“被保护的”) - debatable 可争议的 - ingenious 创造性的， 天才般的 ...
... dearth n.缺少，缺乏 debatable adj.争论中的；未决定的 debate n.争论，辩论 ...
... debase vt. 使...贬值；降低；掺杂 debatable adj. 可争论的；成问题的；未决定的 debilitate vt. 使衰弱；使虚弱 ...
... damnable 该死的, 可诅咒的 debatable (可)争议的, 可争论的 decipherable 可翻译的, 可判读的 ...
It is debatable whether or not the shareholders were ever properly compensated.
股东们是否曾被合理补偿还存在争议。
It is highly debatable whether conditions have improved for low-income families.
低收入家庭的生活状况是否已得到改善是一个颇有争议的问题。
Whether it's possible to program a robot with safeguards such as Asimov's laws is debatable.
是否有可能为机器人编写像阿西莫夫定律这样的安全保护程序是值得商榷的。
I think that is more debatable, but we have to be honest that anything that does bring new people to market has got to be good news to the economy to the market in Britain."
VOA : standard.2009.05.18
It's debatable whether it was good for everybody.
是否有利于所有人，有待商榷。
新约课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
And by the 1820s and 1830s the American South became what I think you could safely say was the fifth slave society in human history; maybe the sixth. This is debatable.
自十九世纪二三十年代起,美国南方,绝对成为了,人类历史上的第五个奴隶社会,也可能是第六个,这仍然处于争议中
美国内战与重建课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
For another, it is debatable how much - deep down - he really wants Massa to be champion.
All this makes it clear that the punishment is proven and authentic and is not debatable.
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Whether the lagoon's delicate ecosystem could support such an upsurge in activity is debatable.
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