- 1調解人；調停者
A mediator is a person, or sometimes an organisation, who tries to end a quarrel by getting both sides to talk. They stand in the middle. They do not usually bang a and say who won, the way a judge does. They listen, they carry offers back and forth, and they look for a deal both sides can live with. Countries call in mediators during wars or long arguments; companies and workers use them in strikes; families sometimes use them in a divorce. The word feels calm and a little formal. You can also speak of a mediator in religion — someone who stands between people and God — but the everyday news sense is the in a fight. Though actually, the job only works if both sides trust the mediator; if one side thinks the person belongs to the other side, the talking dies.
From the word’s history
From Middle English mediatour, from Middle French or Latin mediātor, from mediō, from medius 'middle'.
源自拉丁文 mediātor，來自 medius「中間」。
組成From Latin mediātor, 'one who mediates,' from mediō ('be in the middle'), from medius ('middle'). In English you can also see it as mediate + -or (a person who does that).
原始詞典資料2 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。
mediatornoun/ˈmidieɪtɚ/
- 1
One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
- 2
A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.
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。