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

• 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。
• Israeli spokesman Mark Regev says the only place to address such disagreements is at the negotiating table.
  以色列发言人雷格夫说，能够处理这类分歧的唯一地点就是谈判桌。
• 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。
• But no changes at the negotiating table reflected the cheap talk from the top.
  但政界高层的廉价说辞并未反应在谈判桌上，没有出现任何变化。
• 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。
• She helped to orchestrate the sanctions that brought Iran to the negotiating table.
  她帮助策划了对伊制裁，才将伊朗拉到了谈判桌前。
• 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。
• The US President then said he believes a two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution is achievable, but urged both sides to return to the negotiating table.
  然后美国总统称他相信巴以两国的解决方案是可实现的，但是要求双方回到谈判桌上进行谈判。
• At least its management has been brought to the negotiating table.
  现在至少其管理水平已被摆上了谈判桌。
• 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？