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Mediate D Mediation   [V Agreement Parties Reach Find

英语单词 mediate
英美音标 英 ['miːdieɪt] 美 ['miːdieɪt]
中文释义 v.调停;斡旋
adj.居间的;间接的
英语例句 (1) He attempted to mediate their differences.
(2) He cooled the situation down by offering to mediate between the disputing parties.
(3) A well-known local lawyer has been appointed to mediate between the employers and the union leaders, since they can't reach an agreement in direct talks.
(4) He tried to mediate between his colleagues and management.
(5) They may be able to mediate between parties with different interests.
中文例句 (1) 他试图调停他们的分歧。
(2) 他提出愿为争执的双方调停,情况因此缓和下来。
(3) 既然雇主们同工会领袖无法在直接谈判中达成协议,就指定了一位当地的名律师进行调解。
(4) 他设法在同事和管理阶层之间斡旋。
(5) 他们也许能在不同利益政党之间进行斡旋。
vocabulary简明 If your two best friends aren't speaking to each other, you might find yourself trying to mediate a peace accord between them. To mediate is to go from one to another and try to make peace.
vocabulary扩展 Mediate derives from the Latin medius "middle," and people who mediate are in the middle, between the parties. Other things that are in the middle can be said to mediate as well. Your mind can mediate between your two conflicting personalities.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]调解;调停;斡旋 If someone mediates between two groups of people, or mediates an agreement between them, they try to settle an argument between them by talking to both groups and trying to find things that they can both agree to.
  [V between pl-n]
  [V n between pl-n]
  [V]
  [V n]
  • My mom was the one who mediated between Zelda and her mom...

    我妈妈充当了泽尔达和她妈妈之间的调解人。

  • United Nations officials have mediated a series of peace meetings between the two sides...

    联合国官员已经促成了双方的一系列和平会谈。

  • The Vatican successfully mediated in a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile in 1984...

    梵蒂冈成功地调解了1984年阿根廷与智利之间的领土争端。

  • UN peacekeepers mediated a new ceasefire.

    联合国维和人员斡旋后实现了新一轮的停火。

mediation
  • The agreement provides for United Nations mediation between the two sides...

    该协定规定由联合国对双方进行调解。

  • There is still a possibility the two sides could reach a compromise through the mediation of a third party.

    通过第三方斡旋使双方达成妥协的可能性依然存在。

mediator
  • An archbishop has been acting as mediator between the rebels and the authorities.

    一位大主教一直在叛乱分子与当局之间斡旋。

2
[VERB 动词]调节;影响 If something mediates a particular process or event, it allows that process or event to happen and influences the way in which it happens.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...the thymus, the organ which mediates the response of the white blood cells...

    胸腺——调节白血球的反应的器官

  • People's responses to us have been mediated by their past experience of life.

    人们对我们作出的反应受到了他们过去生活经历的影响。

mediation
  • This works through the mediation of the central nervous system.

    这是通过中枢神经系统的调节作用实现的。

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