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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Haggling is not over: European Parliamentarians are now pushing for lower risk-weights on small business loans and rules that banker bonuses do not exceed fixed salaries.
  讨价还价仍在继续：欧盟各国议员如今正推动立法，降低小企业贷款的风险权重，并规定银行家奖金不得超过固定工资。
• Banks are worried that the requirements – which would upend their bookkeeping practices and leave them vulnerable to public pressure over taxes – could be passed in the final haggling over the law.
  各银行担心，这些要求可能在对该法的最终讨价还价中得到通过。这将彻底改变银行的记账方式，并且让它们极易在税务问题上面临公众压力。
• More recently, with US politicians haggling over the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling, rating agencies have been warning of fresh downgrades.
  最近，随着美国政界围绕财政悬崖和债务上限问题争论不休，评级机构一直在警告称，将再次调降美国的信用评级。
• I hate haggling, even if it would make something cheaper.
  我讨厌讨价还价，尽管这可以使人买到便宜的东西。
• 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。
• Without me, you'd still be haggling with that old bag.
  没有我的话，你可能还在为那个旧袋子讨价还价呢。