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haggle

英 ['hæg(ə)l] 美 ['hæɡl]

解释

n. 讨价还价；争论
vt. 乱劈；乱砍
vi. 争论；乱劈

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中文词源

haggle 争论，讨价还价

来自古英语haggen,劈，跺，词源同hack,-le,表反复。引申词义争论，讨价还价。

英文词源

haggle (v.): 1570s, "to cut unevenly, mangle in cutting" (implied in haggler "clumsy workman"), frequentative of haggen "to chop" (see hack (v.1)). Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c. 1600, probably from notion of chopping away. Related: Haggled; haggling.

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例句和用法

1. Don't be afraid to haggle: for the moment, it's a buyer's market.: 别怕还价，现在是买方市场。

2. Of course he'll still haggle over the price.: 他一准还会杀价。

3. She laughed again, enjoying the haggle.: 她又大笑起来，享受着砍价的乐趣。

4. 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。

5. In many countries you have to haggle before you buy anything.: 在许多国家里买东西之前都得讨价还价.