Quote “sugar” comes in various forms, the relative merits or demerits of which scientists are still debating.

糖有多种形式，科学家还在讨论它的优缺点。

They are complaining about co-workers and debating the relative merits of various trucks when a faint beeping interrupts the conversation.

正当他们一边抱怨同事，一边讨论各种卡车的优缺点时，一阵微弱的哔哔声打断了他们的谈话。

You must bear in mind different approaches need to be incorporated in language learning for their relative merits.

你必须记住，不同的学习方法因其相对的优点而需要结合在语言学习中。

As he went, despite the stream of merry chatter about the relative merits of waterproof fabrics, or the perfect pH of beer, he was on the watch.

尽管他生前开过许多关于防水织物相对优点，啤酒最佳酸碱度的玩笑，但他走后还是守望着这些大山。

In surveys and commentaries over the centuries he has generally not fared well in the popular imagination or amongst professional historians assessing the relative merits and demerits of his rule.

在几个世纪以来的调查和评论中，他在大众想象中或在评估他统治的相对优点和缺点的专业历史学家中普遍表现不佳。