Well, debates do mean something. They're not determinative, but debates have consequences.

嗯，辩论确实有一些意义。虽然定性的，过辩论会得出结果。

The lawsuit said Yale uses race as a " determinative factor" in hundreds of admissions decisions each year.

该诉讼称，耶鲁大每年在数百项招生定中都将种族作为" 定性因素" 。

In a swift transition that will prove to be determinative for the entire subsequent argument of the Republic, especially Book X, Socrates switches from the content of stories to their form or style (lexis) (392c).

苏迅速过渡， 对共和国的整个后续论证，特别第十卷， 具有定性意义， 苏从故事的内容转向故事的形式或风（词汇）（392c）。