1·This television programme provoked a spirited debate.
这个电视节目引起了激烈的争论。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·This television program provoked a spirited debate in the United Kingdom .
这个电视节目在英国引起了激烈的辩论。
3·Behind closed doors, a spirited debate goes on over the fate of the monarchy when the king dies.
但在内部，关于国王死后王室何去何从的讨论正酣。
4·But now that it has happened, there is plenty of spirited debate about the first vote of the post-Mubarak era.
但是现在一切改变了。如今在这里，大家都在谈论后穆巴拉克时代的第一次公投。
5·In fact, what's remarkable is not that we've had a spirited debate about health insurance reform, but the unprecedented consensus that has come together behind it.
事实上，这次最值得见年的不是我们如何对医改展开激烈的讨论，而是这一前所未有的共识使我们决心携手共同解决困难。
6·At the annual meeting of the American Economic Association (AEA) in Denver this month, there was a spirited debate about one of the most controversial hypotheses so far.
本月在丹佛举行的美国经济协会(AEA)年度会议上，经济学家们就一个假设进行了热烈的辩论。
7·Astronomers, historians and others are upset about the prospect of losing the leap second and have initiated a spirited debate to keep time tied to the earth's rotation.
天文学家、历史学家及其它许多学者，皆对于往后即将废除润秒感到苦恼，并且对于时间配合地球自转的议题，展开热烈的讨论。