| 单词 | mediate |
| 释义 | mediate (once / 395 pages) vadj If your two best friends aren't speaking to each other, you might find yourself trying to mediate a peace accord between them. To mediate is to go from one to another and try to make peace. Mediate derives from the Latin medius "middle," and people who mediate are in the middle, between the parties. Other things that are in the middle can be said to mediate as well. Your mind can mediate between your two conflicting personalities. WORD FAMILYmediate: intermediate, mediacy, mediated, mediately, mediateness, mediates, mediating, mediation, mediator, mediatory+/intermediate: intermediated, intermediately, intermediates, intermediating, intermediation, intermediator/intermediation: intermediations/intermediator: intermediators/mediated: unmediated/mediation: mediations/mediator: mediators/mediatory: mediatorily USAGE EXAMPLESCapucci remained in the headlines following his release, attempting to mediate in the Iran hostage crisis. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Those talks will be mediated by Russia, Turkey, and Iran. Time(Dec 31, 2016) Russia’s efforts to mediate the civil war in that country are at the top of the nightly news here. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1v act between parties with a view to reconciling differences He mediated a settlement Syn|Hyper arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise negociate, negotiate, talk terms discuss the terms of an arrangement 2v occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others mediate between the old and the new Hyper lie be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position 3adj acting through or dependent on an intervening agency the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact Syn|Ant indirect having intervening factors or persons or influences mediatedacting or brought about through an intervening agency immediate having no intervening medium direct, unmediatedhaving no intervening persons, agents, conditions 4adj being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series in a mediate position Syn in-between, middle intermediate lying between two extremes in time or space or state |
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