核心畫面

Picture two people at a stall, each holding something the other wants: one has the bag, one has the money. Neither can simply take; they can only offer, refuse, and offer again until they meet somewhere in the middle. That back-and-forth is the whole word, whether it happens over a bag or over next year's .

這個字的畫面可以想成攤子前的兩個人,手上各有對方想要的東西:一個有包,一個有錢。誰也不能直接拿走。只能出價、還價,再更多收起這個字的畫面可以想成攤子前的兩個人,手上各有對方想要的東西:一個有包,一個有錢。誰也不能直接拿走。只能出價、還價,再出一次,直到在中間某處碰頭。這一來一往就是整個字。換成工會和公司談明年的薪水,畫面也一樣,只是桌子變大了。

Two branches

你來我往談條件

這一族就是核心畫面本身:兩邊在桌子上把數字推來推去。

noun · B2

Talk between two sides who each want something, in which they offer, refuse and change their terms until they reach an agreement about a price, a wage, a contract or anything else they are settling.

議價、談判

手上有多少籌碼

鏡頭從桌面上移開,看兩個人各自握著什麼——還沒開口,強弱就已經定了一半。

noun · B2

Your bargaining position or bargaining power is how much influence you have when you start talks, and therefore how likely you are to get the terms you want.

談判籌碼、談判實力

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。

bargainingnoun

  • 1

    The act of one who bargains.

    • All the materials, therefore, existed for an interminable series of hagglings, bargainings, and blackmailings.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。