discussion

1. N-VAR If there is discussion about something, people talk about it, often in order to reach a decision. 討論

There was a lot of discussion about the wording of the report. 有很多關(guān)於該份報(bào)告措詞的討論。

Board members are due to have informal discussions later on today. 董事會(huì)成員們預(yù)定在今天稍後進(jìn)行非正式討論。

2. PHRASE If something is under discussion, it is still being talked about and a final decision has not yet been reached. 在討論中

3. N-COUNT A discussion of a subject is a piece of writing or a lecture in which someone talks about it in detail. 詳述

For a discussion of biology and sexual politics, see chapter 4. 欲獲得一個(gè)生物學(xué)與性別政治學(xué)的論述，請看第4章。

4. ADJ A discussion document or paper is one that contains information and usually proposals for people to discuss. 供討論的[ADJ n]

...a NASA discussion paper on long-duration ballooning. …一份美國國家航空航天侷關(guān)於長時(shí)間氣球飛行的討論文件。