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Discussing

“Discussing” 是 discuss-ing 形式,表示 交换意见、商议。常见结构 discussing whether/how/what。比 talking about 稍正式。

  1. “We spent an hour discussing the budget.” (我们花了一小时讨论预算。)
  2. “They are discussing whether to postpone the launch.” (他们正在商议是否推迟发布。)
  3. “The article discusses risks, but we were discussing solutions.” (文章讨论风险,而我们当时在讨论解决方案。)

discuss 来自拉丁语 discutere(dis- 分开 + quatere 摇动),原义“拆开细查”,引申为“讨论”。

dis- + cuss(摇动)→ discuss + -ing

会议 discussing agenda items、课堂 discussing the reading 是标准学术与职场用语。

  • 固定搭配: “discussing options” (讨论选项), “discussing terms” (商议条款), “worth discussing” (值得讨论)

dis-(分开)+ cuss → 把话题 拆开揉碎 聊 = discussing。

“While discussing lunch, they ended up discussing the merger until discussing anything else felt impossible.” (讨论午餐时,他们最后聊并购聊到最后什么都谈不了了。)