haggling

1. V-RECIP （尤指就价格）争论;讨价还价
   If you haggle, 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. Haggle is also a noun.
      
   5. She laughed again, enjoying the haggle.
      她又大笑起来，享受着砍价的乐趣。

1. 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。
2. Some foreigners, unused to haggling, grumble that Sanya's taxi drivers and shopkeepers are out to fleece them.
   有些还不习惯于还价的外国人则抱怨说，三亚的出租车司机和商店店主想要敲他们的竹杠。
3. In Germany, it took years of intense debate to eliminate a Nazi-era law that prohibited haggling and put limits on bonus schemes such as store-loyalty cards.
   德国花了数年的时间进行激烈的讨论，最终才取消了纳粹时期制定的禁止讨价还价并限制商店会员卡等促销方式的法律。
4. 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。
5. The haggling business, which had mainly depended on the horse, became disorganized forthwith.
   德北菲尔德主要依靠这匹老马作小本生意，马一死，生意就立刻垮了。
6. Spurred by French interests, it was opened in1869 after much political haggling with Britain.
   法国受到利益的驱使，与英国经过一番政治性的讨价还价后，运河于1869年通航。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. Shoppers would enjoy haggling for discounts as most of the items are sold without price tags.
    顾客们一般喜欢对那些未贴价标的商品进行讨价还价。
12. 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。
13. Married women haggling at the market.
    结了婚的女人在市场里砍价。
14. You get good prices on materials by haggling with local manufacturers.
    同当地制造商一番讨价还价后，你能以很便宜的价格买到材料。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. It's not worth haggling over a few pence.
    为几便士争论不休实在不值得。
20. Now, haggling happens a lot more in some cultures than in others.
    讨价还价（的现象）在某些文化里（国家）要比其他的国家（文化）多得多。
21. Some countries are still haggling over the terms of the treaty.
    一些国家还在就条约中的条款细节问题争论不休。
22. Remember: a price given is the dealing price at that time; haggling is not allowed nor are traders allowed to remain on the phone until the price changes.
    请牢记：交易台的报价均为该时刻价格；讨价还价是禁止行为，同时也不允许滞留在电话中直至价格发生变动。
23. A market where nobody knows what price the competition is offering is also a market in which it is worth haggling and shopping around.
    一个没有人知道竞争对手会提供何种价格的市场，才是一个值得在里面到处砍价、购物的市场。
24. So there will be plenty of haggling over the details in the days ahead.
    所以将会有大量的在未来的日子里的细节讨价还价。
25. Here's how one GRS reader uses haggling to save big bucks.
    这里是一位读者用来讨价还价，存年夜钱的要领。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. After more than a decade of haggling, Shanghai has finally secured a Disneyland.
    经过10年的讨价还价，上海终于把迪斯尼搞定。
29. 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。

noun

1. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

   Synonym:    hagglewranglewrangling