释义 |
Verb: mediate 'meedee`eyt- Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
"He mediated a settlement" - intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate - Occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
"mediate between the old and the new" Adjective: mediate 'meedeeut- Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
"the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" - Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
"in a mediate position" - in-between, middle
Derived forms: mediates, mediated, mediating See also: immediacy, immediateness, indirect, intermediate, mediated, mediateness, mediation, mediator Type of: lie, negotiate, talk terms Antonym: immediate Encyclopedia: Mediate |