haggling

英 [ˈhæɡlɪŋ]

美 [ˈhæɡlɪŋ]

v.  争论; (尤指)讲价
haggle的现在分词

现在分词：haggling　

BNC.36999 / COCA.31346

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP （尤指就价格）争论;讨价还价
  If youhaggle, you argue about something before reaching an agreement, especially about the cost of something that you are buying.
  1. Ella taught her how to haggle with used furniture dealers...
     埃拉教她如何和旧家具经销商砍价。
  2. Meanwhile, as the politicians haggle, the violence worsens...
     在政客们大打嘴仗的同时，暴力事件愈演愈烈。
  3. Of course he'll still haggle over the price.
     他一准还会杀价。
  4. Haggleis also a noun.
     
  5. She laughed again, enjoying the haggle.
     她又大笑起来，享受着砍价的乐趣。

英英释义

noun

• an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  Synonym:hagglewranglewrangling

双语例句

• First of all it was the focus of lengthy haggling between EU leaders, and one grumpy failed summit, before a compromise text was grudgingly agreed.
  首先是欧盟各国领导人的漫长的讨价还价，经过了一个十分失败的峰会，才最终勉强达成了这样一份妥协性协议。
• You get good prices on materials by haggling with local manufacturers.
  同当地制造商一番讨价还价后，你能以很便宜的价格买到材料。
• Without me, you'd still be haggling with that old bag.
  没有我的话，你可能还在为那个旧袋子讨价还价呢。
• A quick divorce can be succeeded by a much longer — and more agonising — period of haggling over the fate of the family.
  闪电式离婚后可能紧接着就是一段在家庭命运上互相纠结的更加漫长、更加痛苦的时期。
• The president of the European Council greeted the conclusion of the recent budget negotiations between heads of government with a celebratory tweet that a deal had been reached, one worth the all-night haggling.
  对于最近欧盟各国政府首脑在预算谈判中取得的结果，这位欧洲理事会（europeancouncil）主席发布了一条tweet消息以示庆贺：一项协议达成了，通宵讨价还价是值得的。
• More recently, with US politicians haggling over the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling, rating agencies have been warning of fresh downgrades.
  最近，随着美国政界围绕财政悬崖和债务上限问题争论不休，评级机构一直在警告称，将再次调降美国的信用评级。
• Shoppers would enjoy haggling for discounts as most of the items are sold without price tags.
  顾客们一般喜欢对那些未贴价标的商品进行讨价还价。
• It's not worth haggling over a few pence.
  为几便士争论不休实在不值得。
• Some foreigners, unused to haggling, grumble that Sanya's taxi drivers and shopkeepers are out to fleece them.
  有些还不习惯于还价的外国人则抱怨说，三亚的出租车司机和商店店主想要敲他们的竹杠。
• Spurred by French interests, it was opened in1869 after much political haggling with Britain.
  法国受到利益的驱使，与英国经过一番政治性的讨价还价后，运河于1869年通航。