单词	mediate
释义	mediateme‧di‧ate /ˈmiːdieɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINmediate Origin: 1400-1500 Medieval Latin past participle of mediare, from Latin medius; ➔ MEDIUM2 Verb Table VERB TABLE mediate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they mediate he, she, it mediates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they mediated Present perfect I, you, we, they have mediated he, she, it has mediated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had mediated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will mediate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have mediated Continuous Form Present I am mediating he, she, it is mediating you, we, they are mediating Past I, he, she, it was mediating you, we, they were mediating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been mediating he, she, it has been mediating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been mediating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be mediating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been mediating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Former President Jimmy Carter agreed to mediate the peace talks. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS For the purpose of all art is to mediate between the invisible spirit world and the visible body of nature. He then focused on the possibility of a reconciliation mediated by elders in the Mandelas' branch of the Xhosa tribe. Immediate superiors were crucial in mediating the discipline by senior officers, and in the infliction of their own minor punishments. In the future it will not be a mediating force between capitalism and democracy. Periodic alternating activation of flexors and extensors is achieved by reciprocal inhibition mediated by inhibitory collateral neurones. The insulin like growth factors are thought to mediate some of the effects of growth hormone on tissues. The social worker tried to mediate without success in the available time. Their frequency results from Shakespeare's imaginative involvement with the relationship that they mediate. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto try to prevent or end a war► keep the peace to prevent a war or fighting between two countries, or between two opposing armies within a country: · The President sent federal troops to Grenada to keep the peace.keep the peace between: · In the past, air support from the RAF base at Aden had been enough to keep the peace between the rival warring tribes. ► peace-keeping : peace-keeping force/troops/mission etc intended to prevent two opposing armies, especially within a country, from fighting: · A United Nations peace-keeping force has been sent to the area.· Panama called for the United States to withdraw its peace-keeping army. ► peacekeepers soldiers who have been sent to a country where there is a war or fighting in order to keep the peace between the two sides: · American ground troops are to join the UN peacekeepers to try to stop the war from spreading. ► mediate between to help two or more countries or armies that have been at war to make peace with each other by discussing the situation: · An Iranian delegation visited northern Iraq to mediate between rival Kurdish groups. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► mediate ... disputes  The court was set up to mediate in civil disputes. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► dispute · It has wide-ranging powers to investigate financial services companies and will mediate in disputes.· He spent much of his time mediating disputes and absorbing the free-floating rage that the Standing had unleashed.· To mediate in such a dispute was the dreariest occupation of a bishop.· In its first year, the centre was asked to mediate in over 60 disputes.· We won't mediate in disputes about who occupies the enormous after cabin.· Litigants still do not seem eager to save costs by mediating their disputes. VERB► try · Few were even prepared to try to mediate, none to risk anything for the king and the Despensers. Word family WORD FAMILYnounmediationmediatorverbmediate 1[intransitive, transitive] to try to end a quarrel between two people, groups, countries etcmediate between UN officials mediated between the rebel fighters and the government. The former president has agreed to mediate the peace talks.mediate in The court was set up to mediate in civil disputes.2[transitive] formal or technical to change the effect or influence of something, especially to make the effect less bad:  Exercise may mediate the effects of a bad diet.—mediation /ˌmiːdiˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
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