单词 | negotiate |
释义 | negotiate (once / 140 pages) 1v 2v To negotiate is to try to work out an agreement between parties that each want something out of the deal. You might negotiate with your mom — offering to do more chores for a raise in your allowance. Good luck. Negotiation is all about give and take. Governments are always negotiating with unions, trying to define the terms of new contracts. The government might offer the teachers union a raise, if they agree to work 200 days a year instead of 180. The verb negotiate can also mean to successfully pass through or travel along. You may have to negotiate a hazardous road, or a tricky path through sticker bushes. WORD FAMILYnegotiate: negotiable, negotiated, negotiates, negotiating, negotiation, negotiator, renegotiate+/negotiable: negotiably, non-negotiable/negotiation: negotiations/negotiator: negotiators/renegotiate: renegotiated, renegotiates, renegotiating USAGE EXAMPLESThe only certainty is this: That interception in the final 90 seconds of Sunday’s game will haunt Cousins at the negotiating table. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) During the campaign, Mr. Trump called the Iran accord “the worst deal ever negotiated.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) They say the car was traveling westbound and couldn’t negotiate a curve in the road. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 v discuss the terms of an arrangement 2They negotiated the sale of the house Syn|Hypo|Hyper negociate, talk terms arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate act between parties with a view to reconciling differences renegociate, renegotiaterevise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor bargain, dickernegotiate the terms of an exchange brokeract as a broker chaffer, haggle, higgle, hucksterwrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) roll overnegociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee discuss, hash out, talk over speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion v succeed in passing through, around, or over Syn|Hyper negociate go across, go through, pass go across or through |
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