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

• 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。
• European governments have the capacity also to apply economic and diplomatic pressure on Israel and on the Palestinian leadership to return to the negotiating table.
  欧洲各国政府也有能力对以色列和巴勒斯坦领导层施加经济和外交压力，让他们重新回到谈判桌上来。
• '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。”
• Some only responded to very large gifts, he said, recalling one case when he discreetly pushed a car key to the other side of the negotiating table.
  他说，一些人只对非常贵重的礼品感兴趣。他回忆道，有一次，他曾小心翼翼地将一把汽车钥匙推到谈判桌的另一边。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The US President then said he believes a two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution is achievable, but urged both sides to return to the negotiating table.
  然后美国总统称他相信巴以两国的解决方案是可实现的，但是要求双方回到谈判桌上进行谈判。
• 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。