negotiate

negotiate

英 [nɪ'gəʊʃɪeɪt]
　　美 [nɪ'ɡoʃɪet]

vt. 談判，商議；轉讓；越過
　　vi. 談判，交涉

v.(動詞)negotiate的基本意思是“談判”“磋商”,多指在外交、貿易或法律等方面的談判,是正式用語,在口語或非正式語言中也可表示“通過或越過”。negotiate既可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞或代詞作賓語; 用作不及物動詞時,常與介詞with連用,表示“與…談判”,談判的具體內容常由介詞about, for, on, over引出。

中文詞源：

negotiate 談判，協商

來自negotiation的回構詞。

例句：

1. The driver failed to negotiate a bend and ran into a tree.
司機沒能順利拐彎，撞到瞭樹上。

2. Western governments have this week urged him to negotiate and avoid force.
西方各國政府本周敦促他進行談判，避免使用武力。

3. He has insisted that his organization will not negotiate with the government.
他堅稱他的組織將不會與政府談判。

4. Ellis evidently wished to negotiate downwards after Atkinson had set the guidelines.
埃利斯顯然希望在阿特金森制定瞭指導方針後繼續往下協商。

5. The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement.
持續的戰鬥會破壞希望通過談判來達成協議的努力。