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

• 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。
• The goal is to provide guidelines through which the parties can work out later disputes quietly over the negotiating table, avoiding China's often slow and cumbersome courts.
  这样做的目的在于提供一些指导原则，让当事方在今后发生纠纷时能够通过谈判私下里进行解决，避免在中国走常常缓慢、繁琐的法庭程序。
• In a further sign of tensions ahead of tomorrow's summit, Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, has threatened to walk away from the negotiating table if his demands are not met.
  在明天的峰会召开前夕，出现了又一个紧张迹象。法国总统尼古拉萨科齐（NicolasSarkozy）威胁说，如果他的要求得不到满足，他将离开谈判桌。
• 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。
• The Taliban cannot be sufficiently weakened in Pashtun Afghanistan to coerce it to the negotiating table.
  盟军在阿富汗普什图地区无法有效削弱塔利班势力，迫使其坐到谈判桌前。
• 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。
• 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。
• But tough, targeted sanctions may get North Korea back to the negotiating table if done with a clear offer of resuming the principles of reciprocal action embedded in the February 2007 agreement.
  不过，如果我们同时明确提出重启2007年2月协议中所包含的相互行动原则，那么有针对性的强硬制裁可能会使朝鲜重新回到谈判桌前。
• 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。
• '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。”