| 单词 | give-and-take |
| 释义 | give-and-take (once / 31351 pages) n WORD FAMILY give-and-take USAGE EXAMPLESHe was used to a strict military chain of command, and was at times uncomfortable with the often-messy give-and-take that is common among intelligence analysts. New York Times(Dec 03, 2016) But carefully controlled interviews are no replacement for the sometimes difficult give-and-take of a news conference. New York Times(Nov 15, 2016) “As designers, we have to find a balance, a way to pull together the desires of each partner and have a give-and-take.” Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016) 1n mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) Syn|Hypo|Hyper interchange, reciprocation reciprocity mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges cross-fertilisation, cross-fertilizationinterchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial dealings, trafficsocial or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') relation(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups interaction a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting 2n an exchange of views on some topic Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper discussion, word Strategic Arms Limitation Talks negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons argument, argumentation, debate a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal deliberation(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question conference, group discussiona discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic panel discussiondiscussion of a subject of public interest by a group of persons forming a panel usually before an audience post-mortem, postmortemdiscussion of an event after it has occurred public discussion, ventilationfree and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest dialogue, negotiation, talksa discussion intended to produce an agreement logomachyargument about words or the meaning of words parleya negotiation between enemies bull sessionan informal discussion (usually among men) colloquya conversation especially a formal one consultationa conference between two or more people to consider a particular question audience, consultation, interviewa conference (usually with someone important) huddle, powwow(informal) a quick private conference news conference, press conferencea conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity pretrial, pretrial conference(law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases round table, round-table conference, roundtablea meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views sessiona meeting for execution of a group's functions teach-inan extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue teleconference, teleconferencinga conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television diplomacy, diplomatic negotiationsnegotiation between nations bargainingthe negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement collective bargainingnegotiation between an employer and trade union horse tradingnegotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining mediationa negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication (language) communication by word of mouth 3n light teasing repartee Syn|Hypo|Hyper backchat, banter, raillery badinage frivolous banter persiflagelight teasing repartee adroitness and cleverness in reply |
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