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

• Peace may be achieved around the negotiating table, but it is sustained around community tables.
  和平或许可在谈判桌上实现，但是，和平只有放到社区的桌面上才能够维持。
• That step could force Congress to the negotiating table and produce a large, balanced deficit-reduction programme that would boost confidence, the stock market and private investment.
  这一举措可能会迫使国会坐到谈判桌，并制定一项温和的大规模减赤计划，这将提振信心、股市和私人投资。
• Our aim is to bring this government to its knees, to force it to the negotiating table.
  我们的目标是使该政府屈服，迫使它走上谈判桌。
• 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。
• The Russians and the Americans have come to the negotiating table.
  俄国人和美国人已经来到谈判桌前。
• It has to happen at the negotiating table, and we are deeply committed to getting there.
  它必须在谈判桌上产生，我们坚决致力于达成政治解决。
• 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。
• The speed with which the two sides came to the negotiating table shows that they are ready to talk.
  双方那么快就来到谈判桌旁，这说明他们愿意谈判。
• 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。
• Have you given any thought to coming back to the negotiating table?
  你还有没有打算回到谈判桌前去？