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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Our aim is to bring this government to its knees, to force it to the negotiating table.
  我们的目标是使该政府屈服，迫使它走上谈判桌。
• 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。
• He requested the United Nations, the European Union, the US and Russia to put forward a new joint proposal to force both warring parties of the Bosnia-Herzegovina to return to the negotiating table.
  他要求联合国、欧洲联盟、美国和俄罗斯共同提出新的倡议，以使波黑交战各方回到谈判桌旁。
• 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？
• 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。