negotiating table

英 [nɪˈɡəʊʃieɪtɪŋ ˈteɪbl]

美 [nɪˈɡoʊʃieɪtɪŋ ˈteɪbl]

n.  谈判桌(指正式的谈判会议)

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牛津词典

noun

• 谈判桌（指正式的谈判会议）
  a formal discussion to try and reach an agreement
  1. We want to get all the parties back to the negotiating table.
     我们想把有关各方拉回到谈判桌上来。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 谈判桌
  If you say that people are atthe negotiating table, you mean that they are having discussions in order to settle a dispute or reach an agreement.
  1. 'We want to settle all matters at the negotiating table,' he said...
     他说：“我们想在谈判桌上解决所有问题。”
  2. The decision to return to the negotiating table marks an early victory for trade unions.
     回到谈判桌旁的决定标志着工会的初步胜利。

双语例句

• Hopes that tensions might be eased through a diplomatic compromise were boosted yesterday when the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China said they would go back to the negotiating table with Iran to discuss its nuclear programme.
  周三，紧张局势有望通过外交妥协得到缓解的愿望有所增强，美国、英国、法国、德国、俄罗斯和中国表示，将与伊朗回到谈判桌上来，讨论伊朗核计划。
• Since then, SAG has been angling to beat its sister performers'union to the negotiating table.
  从那时开始，SAG就已经在谈判桌上用一些手段打败它的姐妹集团。
• Some only responded to very large gifts, he said, recalling one case when he discreetly pushed a car key to the other side of the negotiating table.
  他说，一些人只对非常贵重的礼品感兴趣。他回忆道，有一次，他曾小心翼翼地将一把汽车钥匙推到谈判桌的另一边。
• The US President then said he believes a two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution is achievable, but urged both sides to return to the negotiating table.
  然后美国总统称他相信巴以两国的解决方案是可实现的，但是要求双方回到谈判桌上进行谈判。
• The decision to return to the negotiating table marks an early victory for trade unions.
  回到谈判桌旁的决定标志着工会的初步胜利。
• A secondary motive could be to get Washington back to the negotiating table.
  第二个动机，可能是为了让美国政府重新回到谈判桌上。
• A single chink in our armour at the negotiating table means we could lose out badly.
  谈判中我们的任何一点薄弱环节都意味着我们可能会惨败。
• But no changes at the negotiating table reflected the cheap talk from the top.
  但政界高层的廉价说辞并未反应在谈判桌上，没有出现任何变化。
• 'We want to settle all matters at the negotiating table,' he said
  他说：“我们想在谈判桌上解决所有问题。”
• He requested the United Nations, the European Union, the US and Russia to put forward a new joint proposal to force both warring parties of the Bosnia-Herzegovina to return to the negotiating table.
  他要求联合国、欧洲联盟、美国和俄罗斯共同提出新的倡议，以使波黑交战各方回到谈判桌旁。