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negotiate v.(与某人)商议,谈判,磋商,,买卖,让渡(支票、债券等),通过,越过 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. ★★★★☆ 2005.5

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[ni'gəuʃieit] 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. Either way, one benefit of a ―national organization would be to negotiate better prices, if possible, with drug manufacturers. 1[V-RECIP 相互动词]谈判；协商；洽谈 If people negotiate with each other or negotiate an agreement, they talk about a problem or a situation such as a business arrangement in order to solve the problem or complete the arrangement.   [V with n]  [pl-n V]  [pl-n V n]  [NON-RECIP: V]  [V n]  [V for n]  [V to-inf]  [Also V n with n]It is not clear whether the president is willing to negotiate with the democrats...还不清楚总统是否愿意和民主人士洽谈。When you have two adversaries negotiating, you need to be on neutral territory...让敌对双方坐下来谈判时，你得保持中立。The local government and the army negotiated a truce...地方政府和部队经过谈判达成休战协定。Western governments have this week urged him to negotiate and avoid force...西方各国政府本周敦促他进行谈判，避免使用武力。The South African president has negotiated an end to white-minority rule...南非总统已通过谈判达成协议，结束了少数白人的统治。His publishing house had just begun negotiating for her next books...他的出版社刚刚开始就她随后几本书的出版问题进行商谈。There were reports that three companies were negotiating to market the drug.有报道说，有3家公司在洽谈这种药的市场推广。2[VERB 动词]顺利通过；成功越过 If you negotiate an area of land, a place, or an obstacle, you successfully travel across it or around it.   [V n]  [V way prep/adv]Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup...弗兰克·马里亚诺驾驶他那辆破烂不堪的皮卡车成功穿越了沙漠地带。I negotiated the corner on my motorbike and pulled to a stop...我骑摩托车顺利通过拐角，然后停了下来。I negotiated my way out of the airport and joined the flow of cars.我驱车驶出机场，汇入车流之中。

英语单词	negotiate
英美音标	[ni'gəuʃieit]
中文释义	v.(与某人)商议,谈判,磋商,,买卖,让渡(支票、债券等),通过,越过
vocab简明	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.
vocab扩展	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.
真题原句	Either way, one benefit of a ―national organization would be to negotiate better prices, if possible, with drug manufacturers.
柯林斯星级	★★★★☆
柯林斯解释	1 [V-RECIP 相互动词]谈判；协商；洽谈 If people negotiate with each other or negotiate an agreement, they talk about a problem or a situation such as a business arrangement in order to solve the problem or complete the arrangement. [V with n] [pl-n V] [pl-n V n] [NON-RECIP: V] [V n] [V for n] [V to-inf] [Also V n with n] It is not clear whether the president is willing to negotiate with the democrats... 还不清楚总统是否愿意和民主人士洽谈。 When you have two adversaries negotiating, you need to be on neutral territory... 让敌对双方坐下来谈判时，你得保持中立。 The local government and the army negotiated a truce... 地方政府和部队经过谈判达成休战协定。 Western governments have this week urged him to negotiate and avoid force... 西方各国政府本周敦促他进行谈判，避免使用武力。 The South African president has negotiated an end to white-minority rule... 南非总统已通过谈判达成协议，结束了少数白人的统治。 His publishing house had just begun negotiating for her next books... 他的出版社刚刚开始就她随后几本书的出版问题进行商谈。 There were reports that three companies were negotiating to market the drug. 有报道说，有3家公司在洽谈这种药的市场推广。 2 [VERB 动词]顺利通过；成功越过 If you negotiate an area of land, a place, or an obstacle, you successfully travel across it or around it. [V n] [V way prep/adv] Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup... 弗兰克·马里亚诺驾驶他那辆破烂不堪的皮卡车成功穿越了沙漠地带。 I negotiated the corner on my motorbike and pulled to a stop... 我骑摩托车顺利通过拐角，然后停了下来。 I negotiated my way out of the airport and joined the flow of cars. 我驱车驶出机场，汇入车流之中。
来源	2005.5

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