negotiate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/|/nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/|/nɪˈɡəʊ.si.eɪt/    美 /nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/|/nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/|/nɪˈɡəʉ.ʃi.æɪt/|/nɪˈɡəʉ.si.æɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement. intransitive
    — 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., to the eight fellow clergymen who opposed the civil rights action, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Why We Can't Wait "You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue."
  2. To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement. transitive
    — We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction.
  3. To succeed in coping with, getting over or navigate a hazard or obstacle. transitive
    — We negotiated the mountain track with difficulty.
  4. To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill. transitive
  5. To transact business; to carry on trade. obsolete
    — Jews, Turks, Armenians,[…]negotiating in this famous Emporium.
  6. To intrigue; to scheme. obsolete
    — Certaine it is, shee was a busie negotiating woman.

词形变化

negotiates present,singular,third-person negotiating participle,present negotiated participle,past negotiated past negociate alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
misnegotiate negotiability negotiable negotiating table negotiation negotiator negotiatory nonnegotiating prenegotiated renegotiate unnegotiated
相关词
otiose

词源

c. 1598; borrowed from Latin negōtiātus, perfect active participle of negōtior (“to do business, trade”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from negotium (“business”) + -or, from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”).
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