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

• 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。
• 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。
• President Abbas has put aside efforts to short-cut the pursuit of peace and come to the negotiating table.
  阿巴斯主席已将试图走捷径实现和平的做法搁置一边，并回到谈判桌前。
• 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 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。
• '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。”
• 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？
• 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。
• And accession will also mean a place at the negotiating table and a voice in the promotion and regulation of trade at a global Level-A voice that can reflect the views and needs of all developing and emerging markets.
  入世同样意味着中国在谈判桌上获得一席之地，同时在全球范围内促进和规范贸易发展问题上具有发言权。中国发出的必将是能够反映所有发展中国家和新兴国家市场的观点和要求的呼声。
• 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。