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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。