Picture two sides talking their way to a deal: each gives a little, each pushes a little, until something workable appears in the middle. The word carries that sense of steering carefully through something that is not straightforward — which is why it also covers getting a car round a very tight bend.
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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
negotiateverb/nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
- 1
To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
- 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.
- We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction.
- The client and server computers must first negotiate a network protocol to be used.
- 3
To succeed in coping with, getting over or navigate a hazard or obstacle.
- We negotiated the mountain track with difficulty.
- Although the car was quite rickety, he could negotiate the curves very well.
- 4
To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
- 5
obsoleteTo transact business; to carry on trade.
- Jews, Turks, Armenians,[…]negotiating in this famous Emporium.
- 6
obsoleteTo intrigue; to scheme.
- Certaine it is, shee was a busie negotiating woman.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。