1.Republican Presidential candidates engaged in a spirited debate over controversial issues.
意思是共和党总统候选人围绕充满争议的问题进行了激烈的辩论。
2.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。
3.A civil society allows for spirited debate among those in deep disagreement over the issues.
公民社会允许对问题有严重分歧意见的人进行激烈辩论。
4.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。
5.There is a longstanding, spirited debate in the programming community about the relative merits of dynamic vs. static typing.
在编程社区里，有一个对于动态类型和静态类型究竟谁更占有优势进行的冗长争论。