negotiating table

英 [nɪˈɡəʊʃieɪtɪŋ ˈteɪbl]

美 [nɪˈɡoʊʃieɪtɪŋ ˈteɪbl]

n.  谈判桌(指正式的谈判会议)

Collins.1

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

• Since then, SAG has been angling to beat its sister performers'union to the negotiating table.
  从那时开始，SAG就已经在谈判桌上用一些手段打败它的姐妹集团。
• 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 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。
• You will be able to enjoy at the negotiating table and match wits against the fun!
  你将能尽情享受与对手在谈判桌上斗智斗勇的乐趣！
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• The West must keep up this pressure to bring the regime to the negotiating table.
  西方必须继续施加压力，敦促伊朗现政权回到谈判桌前。
• 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。