the origin of anthropoids — the simians, or 「higher primates」 — has been hotly debated for decades among scientists.
关于类人猿(亦称高等灵长目)的起源,一直是科学家们的争论热点。
this idea, summarised in snow「s subsequent book, the two cultures, rapidly became both widely known and hotly debated around the english-speaking world.
这个观点在斯诺后来的《两种文化》一书中得到了总结,它迅速在英语世界里变得广为人知且引起了激烈争论。
whether the park can endure this onslaught of modernity is a hotly debated question in local cafés, though it receives little attention in lisbon.
a hotly debated topic is whether hurricanes are getting worse—and if so, why.
人们激烈辩论的话题是,飓风是否愈演愈烈,果真如此的话,原因何在。
the other issue is about the renewal of quantitative easing policy (qe2) of the us federal reserve and its possible influences on china」s economy, which is hotly debated nowadays.
二是关于美联储第二轮量化宽松货币政策(qe2)以及对中国可能产生的影响。这是现在大家热议的题目。
the subject was hotly debated among the members of the committee.
这个问题在委员中引起了激烈的争论。
whether david was a powerful king or simply a local chieftain is hotly debated among scholars.