喜樂美語

核心畫面

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.

可以想成兩邊一來一往地談：各退一點、各爭一點，最後在中間喬出一個雙方都過得去的結果。這個字帶著「小心地把自己弄過一個…更多收起可以想成兩邊一來一往地談：各退一點、各爭一點，最後在中間喬出一個雙方都過得去的結果。這個字帶著「小心地把自己弄過一個不好處理的地方」的味道，所以它也能用在把車開過一個超窄的彎。

From the picture

小心地通過難走的地方

談判的畫面裡有「一路閃、一路調整，最後順利過關」這一面；把它從談話桌搬到路上，就成了把難走的地形一段段處理過去的意思。

navigate a difficult path · verb · C1

To successfully move along, through, or around a place or path that is difficult, narrow, or dangerous.

(小心地)通過；越過

Also in this word

negotiate a deal · verb · C1

To talk with someone in order to reach an agreement, especially about business, money, or an arrangement.

談判；協商

原始詞典資料6 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。

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.

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