vi.談判；協(xié)商；交涉

vt.談判達(dá)成；成功越過；議價出售

We've decided to negotiate with the employers about our wage claim. 我們決定就工資問題與雇主談判。

We are happy to negotiate with you in that way. 我們很高興用這種方式來和貴方協(xié)商交易。

Trade union leaders went back to negotiate with the government. 工會領(lǐng)導(dǎo)回去和政府進行交涉。

Since our contract is near its term we must negotiate a new one. 由于我們的合同快到期了，我們必須談判新的合約。

How did you negotiate the deal on the benefit? 你是怎么談成那筆有利可圖的交易的?

The climber had to negotiate a steep rock face. 那攀登者得攀越一陡峭巖石。

negotiate的基本意思是“談判”“磋商”,多指在外交、貿(mào)易或法律等方面的談判,是正式用語,在口語或非正式語言中也可表示“通過或越過”。

negotiate既可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞或代詞作賓語; 用作不及物動詞時,常與介詞with連用,表示“與…談判”,談判的具體內(nèi)容常由介詞about, for, on, over引出。