negotiate

英 [n?'g????e?t] 美[n?'ɡo??et]

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第三人稱單數:?negotiates;過去式:?negotiated;過去分詞:?negotiated;現在分詞:?negotiating;

negotiate 談判，協商

來自negotiation的回構詞。

negotiate: negotiate: [16] The etymological notion underlying negotiate is of ‘not being at leisure’, and hence of ‘being busy’. The word comes ultimately from Latin negōtium ‘business’, which was a compound formed from the negative particle neg and ōtium ‘leisure’ (source of English otiose [18]). From it was derived the verb negōtiārī ‘do business’, which passed into English as negotiate.

There is some early evidence in the derivatives negotiation and negotiator that the original Latin sense of the word survived into English, but in the verb itself it had already developed via ‘transact business’ and ‘hold business discussions’ to ‘hold discussions’ generally.
=> otiose
negotiate (v.): "to communicate in search of mutual agreement," 1590s, back-formation from negotiation, or else from Latin negotiatus, past participle of negotiari. In the sense of "tackle successfully" (1862), it at first meant "to clear on horseback a hedge, fence, or other obstacle" and "originated in the hunting-field; those who hunt the fox like also to hunt jocular verbal novelties" [Gowers, 1965]. Related: Negotiated; negotiating.

1. The driver failed to negotiate a bend and ran into a tree.: 司機沒能順利拐彎，撞到了樹上。

2. Western governments have this week urged him to negotiate and avoid force.: 西方各國政府本周敦促他進行談判，避免使用武力。

3. He has insisted that his organization will not negotiate with the government.: 他堅稱他的組織將不會與政府談判。

4. Ellis evidently wished to negotiate downwards after Atkinson had set the guidelines.: 埃利斯顯然希望在阿特金森制定了指導方針后繼續往下協商。

5. The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement.: 持續的戰斗會破壞希望通過談判來達成協議的努力。