共识

Gōnggòng tǎolùn ruò zhǐ yǔnxǔ biǎodá zuìzhōng lìchǎng, ér bù gǔlì zhǎnshì tuīlǐ guòchéng, jiù nányǐ xíngchéng zhēnzhèng kě jiǎnyàn de gòngshí.

If public discussion allows only final positions and does not encourage people to show their reasoning, it is difficult to form a genuinely testable consensus.

Zhè chǎng zhēnglùn zhī suǒyǐ chíchí wúfǎ shōushù, shì yīnwèi cānyùzhě duì wèntí biānjiè hé pànduàn biāozhǔn quēfá gòngshí.

The debate has been unable to reach a conclusion because the participants lack consensus on the boundaries of the issue and the criteria for judgment.

Dāng bùtóng zhīshi chuántǒng shǐyòng xiāngtóng shùyǔ què fùyǔ qí bùtóng hányì shí, biǎomiàn shàng de gòngshí fǎn'ér kěnéng yǎngài shēn céng fēnqí.

When different intellectual traditions use the same terms but assign them different meanings, apparent consensus may actually conceal deeper disagreements.