mediate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈmidieɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties. transitive
    — Negotiators managed to mediate a ceasefire.
  2. To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement. intransitive
    — "Nay," replied Charles, gravely, "this is carrying your anger too far. Allow me to mediate between you. I must entreat, nay, I command, the Lady Francesca's presence."
  3. To divide into two equal parts.
    — Then, Meaſuring Land, by vvalking over it, they ſtyled a Double-ſtep (i.e. the Space from the elevation of one Foot, to the ſame Foot ſet dovvn again, mediated by a ſtep of the other Foot) a Pace, equal to 5 Foot; a Thouſand of vvhich Paces made a Mile, vvhich is a Meaſure ſerving for any diſtance on Earth, and even for the Height of the Sphears.
  4. To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.
    — He had some advantage in the difference of our weapons; for his sword, as I recollect, was longer than mine, […] His obvious malignity of purpose never for a moment threw him off his guard, and he exhausted every feint and strategem proper to the science of defence; while, at the same time, he mediated the most desperate catastrophe to our rencounter.
  5. To act as a spiritualistic medium.
  6. To communicate via media; to frame; to provide a cultural narrative about.
形容词 adj.
  1. Acting through a mediating agency, indirect.
    — The Leibnitzio-Wolfians distinguish three acts in the process of representative cognition: — 1° the act of representing a (mediate) object to the mind; 2° the representation, or, to speak more properly, representamen, itself as an (immediate or vicarious) object exhibited to the mind; 3° the act by which the mind is conscious, immediately of the representative object, and, through it, mediately of the remote object represented.
  2. Intermediate between extremes.
    — soon the mediate clouds shall be dispell'd
  3. Gained or effected by a medium or condition.
    — mediate positive proof

词形变化

mediates present,singular,third-person mediating participle,present mediated participle,past mediated past

词汇关系

衍生词
antibody-mediated rejection electromediated hypermediated immunomediate mediatable mediatingly mediative nonmediated nonmediating telemediated unmediated mediately mediateness
相关词
intermediate mean median mediation mediator medium immediate immediately

词源

词源 1
The adjective is first attested in the 1440s in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English mediat(e) (“intermediate; intercessory”), borrowed from Late Latin mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to divide in the middle; (in Medieval Latin) to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
词源 2
The adjective is first attested in the 1440s in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English mediat(e) (“intermediate; intercessory”), borrowed from Late Latin mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to divide in the middle; (in Medieval Latin) to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
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