mediate
英 ['mi?d?e?t]
美['mid?et]
- vi. 调解；斡旋；居中
- vt. 调停；传达
- adj. 间接的；居间的
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?mediates;过去式:?mediated;过去分词:?mediated;现在分词:?mediating;名词:?mediation;
助记提示
1. 在媒体和公众之间，所以是调解.
中文词源
mediate 调停，调解
来自拉丁语medius,在中间，词源同middle,-ate,使。即在中间施加影响的，引申词义调停，调解等。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The Secretary-General was asked to mediate in the dispute.
- 有人请秘书长来调解这次纷争。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.
- 政府必须通过调解来解决对水资源的争夺.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. There were some mediate contacts between the two countries before their diplomatic relation was established.
- 在两国外交关系建立之前,已经有些间接的接触.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. They may be able to mediate between parties with different interests.
- 他们也许能在不同利益政党之间进行斡旋.
来自互联网
- 5. Mediate between two countries which were at war was not successful.
- 在两个交战国之间的调解失败了.
来自互联网