1.Still, close friends knew that porce had been a subject of serious discussion between the Costners for the past year.
然而，所有凯文的密友都知道离婚已经是这些年来凯文夫妻之间的一个严肃话题。
2.The question may be a bit tongue-in-cheek, but it relates to a serious discussion as flood-swollen Yangtze River continues to test the dam.
上面的问题或许有点开玩笑的意味，不过在长江洪水继续考验三峡大坝之际，这个问题却关系到一场严肃的讨论。
3.AMERICAN voters, spared a serious discussion of the budget in the midterm elections, are about to get an earful on the subject.
美国的选民们在中期选举时省去了一场关于国家预算的激烈讨论，而直接得到一个让他们满腹怨言的结果。
4.This may be considered as a health food and needs demonstration data before serious discussion.
这种成分必须被公认是一种健康食品，并且在严谨的论证之前必须要有足够多的临床数据支持。
5.I have yet to see serious discussion of it in either academia or the real world.
而在学术界或真实世界中，却没有发现与之相关的严肃探讨。
6.If I really disagree with a strategy decision, trust me, we will have a serious discussion about it.
如果我确实反对一个战略，相信我，我们会认真探讨它的。
7.The other misunderstanding of the political stance of Karl Popper deserves more serious discussion.
另一个对波普尔政治立场的误解值得更为认真的讨论。
8.This is why the ECB's proposal for an independent surveillance authority within the Commission deserves serious discussion.
这就是为什么欧洲央行提出的、在欧盟委员会内部建立一个独立监督部门的提议值得严肃讨论。
9.It has yet to have a serious discussion on immigration, and it has proved incapable of bringing down its massive public debt.
日本还没有开始正视移民政策，并且它自身已经不具备扭转巨额国债的能力。
10.That's the question confronting Republicans. But they're refusing to answer, or even to engage in any serious discussion about what to do.
这正是共和党目前所面临的问题，不过他们拒绝回答，连参与这问题的认真讨论都不愿意。