mediate

英 ['mi?d?e?t] 美['mid?et]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?mediates;過(guò)去式:?mediated;過(guò)去分詞:?mediated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?mediating;名詞:?mediation;

1. 在媒體和公眾之間，所以是調(diào)解.

mediate 調(diào)停，調(diào)解

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)medius,在中間，詞源同middle,-ate,使。即在中間施加影響的，引申詞義調(diào)停，調(diào)解等。

mediate: mediate: see medium
mediate (v.): 1540s, "divide in two equal parts," probably a back-formation from mediation or mediator, or else from Latin mediatus, past participle of mediare. Meaning "act as a mediator" is from 1610s; that of "settle by mediation" is from 1560s. Related: Mediated, mediates, mediating.

1. The Secretary-General was asked to mediate in the dispute.: 有人請(qǐng)秘書(shū)長(zhǎng)來(lái)調(diào)解這次紛爭(zhēng)。

2. The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.: 政府必須通過(guò)調(diào)解來(lái)解決對(duì)水資源的爭(zhēng)奪.

3. There were some mediate contacts between the two countries before their diplomatic relation was established.: 在兩國(guó)外交關(guān)系建立之前,已經(jīng)有些間接的接觸.

4. They may be able to mediate between parties with different interests.: 他們也許能在不同利益政黨之間進(jìn)行斡旋.

5. Mediate between two countries which were at war was not successful.: 在兩個(gè)交戰(zhàn)國(guó)之間的調(diào)解失敗了.