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小词详解 | haggle
haggle 英 [ˈhæɡl] 美 [ˈhæɡl]
Casper won over many shoppers by getting rid of the worst bits of the bed-buying process, including choosing among dozens of similar products and haggling with pushy salesmen.
Casper消除了买床的过程中最糟糕的部分,比如在数十种类似的产品中挑选、与咄咄逼人的推销员讨价还价,以此赢得了许多购物者的青睐。
——《经济学人》Actually, I haggled my way to getting both the palm reading and a Tarot card reading for $30.
实际上,我跟她讲了讲价,花30美元既看了手相又算了塔罗牌。
——《纽约时报》(注:此句中的看手相表达曾在 熟词僻义 | Reader是一个什么职位? 一文中提过)
[动词] (尤指就某物的成本)持续地争论或讨价还价
乱砍树枝
haggle at branches把树枝胡乱砍去
haggle branches off
他一准还会杀价。
Of course he'll still haggle over the price.同警方就谁该受责备的问题争论近一个小时
haggle with the police for almost an hour over who is to blame
她又大笑起来,享受着砍价的乐趣。
She laughed again, enjoying the haggle.
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
能够击中目标远比争论谁造武器或谁扣扳机要重要得多。
bargain: negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction quibble: to argue or complain about a small matter or an unimportant detail dicker: engage in petty argument or bargaining