English Dictionary

balloon debate

名詞

A debate in which a number of speakers compete to win the approval of an audience, who are invited to imagine that the speakers are flying in a sinking hot-air balloon, and someone must be thrown out if everyone is not to die.

日本語の意味

観衆の支持を得るため、参加者が競い合い、模擬的に沈みゆく熱気球の状況下で、支持が低かった者が排除されるという設定の討論形式。 / 参加者が互いに生存をかけて、支持を奪い合う議論の一形態。

During the debate club meeting, they organized a balloon debate where each speaker tried to persuade the audience that they should not be thrown out of the sinking hot-air craft.

討論部の集会で、生徒たちは沈む熱気球を想定した討論を行い、それぞれの発言者が自分を放り出さないよう聴衆を説得しようとした。

意味（1）

A debate in which a number of speakers compete to win the approval of an audience, who are invited to imagine that the speakers are flying in a sinking hot-air balloon, and someone must be thrown out if everyone is not to die.

balloon debates （ plural ）