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discuss 音標拼音: [dɪsk'ʌs] vt. 討論,商議 討論,商議 discuss v 1: to consider or examine in speech or writing; " The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; " The class discussed Dante' s ` Inferno'" [ synonym: { discourse}, { talk about}, { discuss}] 2: speak with others about ( something); talk ( something) over in detail; have a discussion; " We discussed our household budget" [ synonym: { hash out}, { discuss}, { talk over}] Discuss \ Dis* cuss"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Discussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Discussing}.] [ L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder ( hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis- quatere to shake, strike. See { Quash}.] 1. To break to pieces; to shatter. [ Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors. [ archaic] Note: This usage is preserved only in the word { discussive}. [ 1913 Webster] Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. -- Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster] A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. -- Rambler. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To shake; to put away; to finish. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] All regard of shame she had discussed. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. " We sat and . . . discussed the farm . . . and the price of grain." -- Tennyson. " To discuss questions of taste." -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To deal with, in eating or drinking. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. -- Sir S. Baker. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. -- Burrill. Syn: To { Discuss}, { Examine}, { Debate}. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view. [ 1913 Webster] 79 Moby Thesaurus words for " discuss": advise with, agitate, air, analyze, argue, bargain, call in, canvass, collogue, comment upon, compare notes, confer, confer with, consider, consult, consult with, controvert, counsel, criticize, deal with, debate, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, descant, discept, discourse, discourse about, discuss with, dispute, dissert, dissertate, examine, exchange observations, exchange views, go into, handle, have conversations, hold conference, inquire into, interpret, investigate, knock around, moot, negotiate, palaver, parley, pass under review, powwow, pro and con, put heads together, rap, reason, reason about, reason the point, reason with, refer to, remark upon, review, sift, sit down together, sit down with, study, survey, take counsel, take up, take up with, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, thrash out, thresh out, toss, touch upon, treat, treat of, ventilate, write up
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