喜樂美語
  1. 1n/nɪˌɡoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/ · /nɪˌɡəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/談判；協商

    Discussions between people or groups who are trying to agree on something, especially in business, work, or when solving a disagreement.

    「negotiation」是英文裡「雙方或多方一起討論，想達成協議」的名詞，動詞是 negotiate。它通常用複數 negotiations（例如 peace negotiations 和平談判、trade negotiations 貿易談判），也能不可數使用，像 by negotiation（透過協商）。跟單純的 discussion（交換意見）不同，negotiation 通常暗示雙方一開始立場不同，需要各退一步才能達成結果。

    示範例句 · Example

    The factory workers and the managers began negotiations about pay and safety rules that lasted almost a month.

    中文翻譯工廠工人們和經理們開始了關於薪資和安全規定的協商，持續了將近一個月。

    常見搭配

    • peace negotiations

      和平談判

      talks between opposing sides that are trying to end a war or conflict

      The peace negotiations were held in a neutral country.

    • trade negotiations

      貿易談判

      talks between countries or companies about buying and selling goods

      The trade negotiations between the two countries went on for years.

    • be in negotiation(s) with

      正在與……協商

      to be having talks with someone in order to reach an agreement

      The company is in negotiations with a supplier about new prices.

    • negotiations break down

      協商破裂

      talks fail and stop without an agreement being reached

      The negotiations broke down after both sides refused to compromise.

    • through negotiation

      透過協商

      by discussing and compromising rather than by fighting or forcing

      The dispute was finally settled through negotiation.

    意思相反

    conflictabdication

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Middle French négociation or Latin negotiatio 'the carrying on of business', from negotiari.

借自中古法文 négociation 或拉丁文 negotiatio「做生意」。

Wiktionary

Picture two sides at a table with the thing they disagree about lying between them. They talk, each moves a little, and slowly something both can accept takes shape. The word names that whole stretch of talking — the process, not the result.

可以想成兩方坐在桌子兩邊，中間擺著他們談不攏的那件事。你來我往，各挪一點，慢慢地一個雙方都接受得了的版本才長出來。這個字指的就是這一整段談的過程，而不是最後談成的結果。

同家族的字

negotiations

意思相反

conflictabdication

原始詞典資料1 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。

negotiationnoun/nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/

  • 1

    The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

    • The specifics of the contract are still under negotiation.
    • The two parties entered into negotiations about the merger.

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。