| 单词 | mediated |
| 释义 | mediated (once / 15929 pages) adj When you argue with your friend and your disagreement is mediated, that means a neutral person has stepped in to help the two of you negotiate or come to an agreement. Two kids fighting on a playground might need their dispute to be mediated by a calm grownup. Unfortunately, many of the fights that need to be mediated are between leaders of countries or feuding groups of fully grown adults. The Latin root of mediated is medius, or "middle," which makes a lot of sense when you imagine a referee standing in the middle of two angry soccer teams. WORD FAMILYmediated: unmediated+/intermediate: intermediated, intermediately, intermediates, intermediating, intermediation, intermediator/intermediation: intermediations/intermediator: intermediators/mediate: intermediate, mediacy, mediated, mediately, mediateness, mediates, mediating, mediation, mediator, mediatory/mediation: mediations/mediator: mediators/mediatory: mediatorily USAGE EXAMPLESThose talks will be mediated by Russia, Turkey, and Iran. Time(Dec 31, 2016) Last-ditch talks between the government and opposition, mediated by the Catholic church, broke down on Saturday after Mr. Kabila refused to commit to stepping down. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) The evacuations were back on track after a cease-fire deal, mediated by Ankara and Moscow, unraveled amid fighting on Wednesday. Time(Dec 15, 2016) adj acting or brought about through an intervening agency the mediated settlement brought satisfaction to both sides Syn mediate acting through or dependent on an intervening agency |
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