| 词汇 | haggle |
| 释义 | haggle verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈhæɡ.əl/ us /ˈhæɡ.əl/ to attempt to decide on a price or conditions that are acceptable to the person selling the goods and the person buying them, usually by arguing: （对价格或条件）讨价还价 haggle over/aboutIt's traditional that you haggle over/about the price of things in the market.历来买卖东西时都会讨价还价。 Negotiating prices bargainer bargaining power barter beat beat down bid cap dicker drive drive a hard bargainidiom gazump gazunder make a deal negotiable non-market non-negotiable outbargain predatory pricing quotation quote haggle | American Dictionaryhaggle verb[ I ] us/ˈhæɡ·əl/ to argue, esp. about the price of something: He hated to haggle over prices. haggle | Business Englishhaggle verb[ I ] uk /ˈhæɡl/us COMMERCE to argue about the price of something in an attempt to make the seller reduce it: Many car dealers will give you a sizeable discount if you are prepared to haggle. haggle over/about sthThe two clubs spent weeks haggling over the fee before finally reaching a deal. haggle with sbIf you're a cash buyer, haggle with the dealer to get the best price and/or free extras. haggle for sthThey haggle for a rate or use Priceline to get into a full-service hotel rather than pay rock-bottom for lesser quality. to argue about the details of something: haggle over/about sthCongress is soon to begin the months-long process of haggling about food safety amendments. haggle with sbRegulators are still haggling with bankers over the precise details of the agreement. Examples of hagglehaggle Where work varied within easily identified parameters, as in weaving, tables of rates were announced by proprietors, often after haggling with shop committees. Democracies thrive where people know how to bargain, to dicker, to haggle. At this stage, potential contracting parties can haggle over the division of the gains from trade that will issue from their contract, if it is made. Experts involved have suggested that less is spent nowadays on procedural matters, monitoring, and haggling with regional offices, whereas the costs for hiring consultants have gone up. The way to peace is never to be found as long as there is all this scrambling and haggling in this particular field. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word "market" among my colleagues seems to convey the idea of despicable people buying and selling, bartering and haggling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Neither do we wish to haggle over the financing of multi-annual programmes that have already been approved. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The negotiations of the last few days have proved that it was nothing but a laughable process of haggling. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English What haggles will now take place over the 'shortened period of liability'? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Do let us have an end to all this haggling and boggling to which we have become accustomed in the last few years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They agreed what it was that the haggling would have to be about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let us haggle, at this relatively late hour, over a comparative small number of pounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has one of about £750,000, and they are haggling about whether it should be only £½ million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes, when the element of haggling comes in, it is a distasteful task. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that haggling in the sense in which it was referred to last time need trouble us any further. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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