单词 | well-argued |
释义 | well-arguedadj. That sets out a good argument; that demonstrates sound reasoning. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adjective] > argued well welleOE well-takenc1475 well-argued1687 1687 S. Lee Χαρα της Πιστεως viii. 164 Assurance may be clearly and firmly built upon a sound and a well-argued sense of its being and acting in the soul. 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 20 With winning Rhetoric and well-argu'd Law. 1787 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 804/2 As far as can be judged from the arguments of one side, this appears to be a well-written, well-argued, and spirited Defence of the right of property vested in a particular, Company for the public good. 1804 Lit. Mag. & Amer. Reg. Oct. 561/2 His friend, Moses Mendelsohn, was illustrating the sect, both by his elegant writings and by a well-argued defence of general toleration, published under the title Jerusalem. 1871 Dublin Univ. Mag. Apr. 415/2 In answer to a syllogism of one of the councillors, he delivered a sensible, well-argued dissertation on Intestacy. 1949 Bull. Atomic Scientists Feb. 35/1 Professor Blackett's analysis..rests on a remarkably well-argued ‘debunking’ of the atomic bomb as a decisive instrument of a push-button war. 1975 Amer. Speech 1971 46 261 Vennemann's paper is a well-argued proposal for modifying marking theory in TG grammar. 2005 Art Q. Spring 57/2 In his book he has mounted a profound and well-argued defence against those who would cast his grandfather as a monster. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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