haggling n. 讨价还价;争论
v. 讨价还价;争辩(haggle的ing形式)
- Team buying turns haggling, a tradition in China, into an art-form.
团购使得中国传统的讨价还价变成一种艺术形式。 - It is no coincidence that haggling is possible in small shops, but harder in chain stores.
所以,这对小商家可能有利而对于大的连销店就不是那么有利也就不足为奇了。 - After months of haggling John brought the owner to his knees and bought the property at a reasonable price.
经过几个月的讨价还价,约翰终于迫使卖主屈服,用不太贵的价格买下这宗房地产。
haggling[ noun ]
an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
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Haggle \Hag"gle\ (h[a^]g"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haggled}
(-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Haggling} (-gl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of
Scot. hag, E. hack. See {Hack} to cut.]
To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or
cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by
cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.
Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er,
Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. --Shak.