to debate
Example Sentences
铁证如山事实胜于雄辩，在确凿的科学数据面前任何苍白的辩解都站不住脚。
tiě zhèng rú shān shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn, zài què záo de kē xué shù jù miàn qián rèn hé cāng bái de biàn jiě dōu zhàn bú zhù jiǎo.
Iron-clad facts speak louder than words, and any pale excuse cannot stand in the face of solid scientific data.
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Related Words & Compounds
to defend
to justify; to provide an explanation; to defend oneself
reason, argue
Dialectical
to dispute / to refute
to argue (that) / to allege / to dispute / to plead (e.g. not guilty)
to offer an explanation / to plead innocence / to try to defend oneself
defender / defending counsel
eloquence
dialectics / dialectic or Socratic method of debate
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