Negotiation

(noun.) the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms.

(noun.) a discussion intended to produce an agreement; 'the buyout negotiation lasted several days'; 'they disagreed but kept an open dialogue'; 'talks between Israelis and Palestinians'.

贝丽尔整理

• Even this arrangement was not effected without considerable negotiation, for Mme. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The end of the negotiation was, that she bought the property on tolerably easy terms, and Traddles was transported with pleasure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Miss Skiffins's brother conducted the negotiation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• In the latter end of 1776, Dr. Franklin was appointed to assist at the negotiation which had been set on foot by Silas Deane, at the court of France. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Soon after a white flag was received, requesting a suspension of hostilities pending negotiations for a surrender. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The company was soon swamped with propositions for sale of territorial rights and with other negotiations, and some of these were accompanied by the offer of very large sums of money. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Here news was received of the negotiations for the surrender of Johnston's army. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Mr. Dreyer asked Goebel to produce an old lamp, and was especially anxious to find one pending his negotiations with the Edison Company for the sale of Goebel's inventions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Mr Boffin seemed a little less patient at this point than at any other of the negotiations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He is blamed, and it would seem that he is rightly blamed, for conducting the war and the ensuing peace negotiations on strictly party lines. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We should not have troubled you, only that our friend who speaks Greek and who began these negotiations has been forced to return to the East. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• A temporary government, however, was soon established at Queretaro, and Trist began negotiations for a conclusion of the war. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The circumstance was overlooked and negotiations continued. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The two men met, and, after some negotiations, formed a partnership. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Before all had arrived, the Bell company there, seeing we could not be stopped, entered into negotiations for consolidation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was with these observations as a basis that I opened my negotiations with him upon his next subsequent visit. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Before the battle of Zama there were a brief truce and negotiations, which broke down through the fault of the Carthaginians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This soon led to a request from France that we should withdraw our troops from the Rio Grande and to negotiations for the withdrawal of theirs. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

校对:洛丽