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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A secondary motive could be to get Washington back to the negotiating table.
  第二个动机，可能是为了让美国政府重新回到谈判桌上。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He requested the United Nations, the European Union, the US and Russia to put forward a new joint proposal to force both warring parties of the Bosnia-Herzegovina to return to the negotiating table.
  他要求联合国、欧洲联盟、美国和俄罗斯共同提出新的倡议，以使波黑交战各方回到谈判桌旁。
• 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？