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

• 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 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。
• '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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Israeli spokesman Mark Regev says the only place to address such disagreements is at the negotiating table.
  以色列发言人雷格夫说，能够处理这类分歧的唯一地点就是谈判桌。
• 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。