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

• 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。
• 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。
• It's not worth haggling over a few pence.
  为几便士争论不休实在不值得。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。