haggling

英 [ˈhæɡlɪŋ]

美 [ˈhæɡlɪŋ]

v.  争论; (尤指)讲价
haggle的现在分词

现在分词：haggling　

BNC.36999 / COCA.31346

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP （尤指就价格）争论;讨价还价
  If youhaggle, you argue about something before reaching an agreement, especially about the cost of something that you are buying.
  1. Ella taught her how to haggle with used furniture dealers...
     埃拉教她如何和旧家具经销商砍价。
  2. Meanwhile, as the politicians haggle, the violence worsens...
     在政客们大打嘴仗的同时，暴力事件愈演愈烈。
  3. Of course he'll still haggle over the price.
     他一准还会杀价。
  4. Haggleis also a noun.
     
  5. She laughed again, enjoying the haggle.
     她又大笑起来，享受着砍价的乐趣。

英英释义

noun

• an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  Synonym:hagglewranglewrangling

双语例句

• I'm never sure if I'm getting the best price, and most of the time I get all tongue-tied when I start haggling.
  我总也不知道是不是买到了好价钱，大部分时间都是刚一开口侃价舌头就不听使唤了。
• After months of haggling he brought the owner to his knees and bought the property at a reasonable price.
  经过数月的讨价还价，他终于使业主让步而廉价购得那块地产。
• The president of the European Council greeted the conclusion of the recent budget negotiations between heads of government with a celebratory tweet that a deal had been reached, one worth the all-night haggling.
  对于最近欧盟各国政府首脑在预算谈判中取得的结果，这位欧洲理事会（europeancouncil）主席发布了一条tweet消息以示庆贺：一项协议达成了，通宵讨价还价是值得的。
• A quick divorce can be succeeded by a much longer — and more agonising — period of haggling over the fate of the family.
  闪电式离婚后可能紧接着就是一段在家庭命运上互相纠结的更加漫长、更加痛苦的时期。
• The haggling over the US debt ceiling is likely to have knocked business confidence and hit US economic growth, say economists.
  经济学家表示，围绕美债上限的讨价还价，可能会冲击商业信心和美国经济增长。
• Married women haggling at the market.
  结了婚的女人在市场里砍价。
• First of all it was the focus of lengthy haggling between EU leaders, and one grumpy failed summit, before a compromise text was grudgingly agreed.
  首先是欧盟各国领导人的漫长的讨价还价，经过了一个十分失败的峰会，才最终勉强达成了这样一份妥协性协议。
• Even if you're shopping with people you know, they might raise an eyebrow when you start haggling, but they'll sure be jealous when you get a better price than they did!
  即便是跟认识的人一起购物，你开始砍价的时候他们也许会挑一下眉毛，但如果你能拿到比他们更好的价格，就只有被羡慕的份儿啦。
• As fast and effortless as fixed prices are, they also remove the human element that is part of why haggling can be an exhilarating experience.
  固定价格快捷不费劲，但它们同样去除了人为因素。而这一因素是讨价还价为何令人振奋的原因。
• But he soon realised that the way to succeed was not by haggling but by creating value around his products, telling stories and selling the very best things he could find.
  但他很快意识到，成功并不是靠讨价还价，而是要围绕产品创造价值、讲故事、销售他能发现的最好的东西。