- 1和談、停戰談判（敵對雙方坐下談；偏歷史、書面）
A parley is a talk between enemies — or between people who do not trust each other — when they stop fighting for a while and try to make peace, or at least to stop the shooting. It is not a friendly chat over tea. In old war stories the two sides meet under a white flag; the talking itself is the parley. You meet the word in history books, films, and games more than in the street. It feels a little old and formal. People today usually say talk or negotiate. Though actually, it can also be a verb: to parley is to hold that kind of talk, and some speakers still use it in a half-joking way (“We should parley before this gets worse”). A parley is the meeting, not the peace paper that may come after it.
組成From Middle English parlai “speech, parley,” from Old French parler “to talk.” That French verb comes from Late Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola “comparison,” from Greek parabolē: para “beside” + bolē “throwing.” So the old picture is “throwing one idea beside another,” which later just meant speech. Doublet of palaver.
同家族的字
- palaversame French/Latin/Greek line; palaver is the doublet (a long, sometimes empty talk)
- parliamentalso from French parler “to talk” — a parliament is a talking-place
- parlora room for talking, from the same French verb parler
原始詞典資料3 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。
Parleyname
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An uncommon surname.
parleynoun/ˈpɑːli/
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A conference, especially one between enemies.
- We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain.
- Without further parley Garland rode off up the hog's-back and the sheriff rode off down it [...]
parleyverb/ˈpɑːli/
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To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.
- [...] at day break we found the villaine, who, loath to parlee in fire and ſhot, fled amaine and left us [...]
- "That is droll. Listen yet one time. You are very spiritual. Can you make a honorable lady of Her?" / "Don't be so malicious," says Mr. Bucket. / "Or a haughty gentleman of Him?" cries Madamoiselle, referring to Sir Leicester with ineffable disdain. "Eh! O then regard him! The poor infant! Ha! ha! ha!" / "Come, come, why this is worse Parlaying than the other," says Mr. Bucket. "Come along!"
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