After months of haggling, they recovered only three-quarters of what they had lent.
经过数月的讨价还价,他们仅收回了借出的3/4。
Bargain-hunting can be addictive regardless of the state of the markets, and haggling is a low-risk, high-value contact sport.
无论市场状况如何,搜寻便宜货都会让人上瘾,讨价还价是一项低风险、高价值的接触类运动。
Another month of haggling has begun.
又一个月的讨价还价已然开始。
Critics say this encourages selfish haggling and rigidity.
批评家们称这种资金募集模式鼓励了自私的讨价还价行为和死板僵硬的作风。
The drawback of markets is that they often entail haggling and disagreement.
瑞典皇家科学院解释道:“市场的缺点是,它们往往需要讨价还价并存在分歧。”
It would probably have resulted in yet another round of hung-parliament haggling.
这将有可能导致另一轮无多数党议会的争论。
The haggling business, which had mainly depended on the horse, became disorganized forthwith.
德北菲尔德主要依靠这匹老马作小本生意,马一死,生意就立刻垮了。
He encourages graduates to grab the opportunity to secure a job rather than haggling over salary issues.
他鼓励毕业生们抓住机会,努力就业,而不是就薪水的高低斤斤计较。
Some foreigners, unused to haggling, grumble that Sanya's taxi drivers and shopkeepers are out to fleece them.
有些还不习惯于还价的外国人则抱怨说,三亚的出租车司机和商店店主想要敲他们的竹杠。
the airport to city taxi thing can involve lots of haggling. i think i paid 50RMB once, though 100 is more usual.
机场到市内的出租车是可以杀价的,有一次我只付了50元,但通常应该是100元。
The crew, he said, was safe and unharmed but the pirates had yet to start haggling with the owners over the ransom.
船长说船员们仍然安全,并未受到伤害,但是在赎金方面,海盗与船东还没有达成协议。
The woman was still haggling with me about the cost of the bag when she discovered the money and said the money was hers.
当时女人在跟我就包的价格讨价还价,她发现了钱并声称是她的。
Smaller groups such as the G20 or the Major Economies Forum offer a better prospect for haggling over difficult issues.
规模小一些的国际组织,比如G20或者主要经济体论坛(Major Economies Forum),在复杂问题上的讨论协商提供了更好的希望。
The separation gave bottlers little incentive to take risks with new products, and left the two sides haggling over how to share sales.
将瓶装厂分离出去,使得它们对冒险尝试新产品失去了兴趣,而双方还常常要为如何分享收入拌嘴。
Shortly after the 2011 budget is settled, Congress will start haggling over the spending plan for fiscal 2012, which begins this October.
2011预算一经最后通过,国会将立即开始进行今年10月开始的2012财年开支方案的辩论。
They huddle over suppliers from the countryside, haggling as they lift LIDS on soup-can-size cylinders to inspect each occupant's legs and jaws.
他们簇拥在从乡下来的虫商周围,一边掀开汤罐头大小的圆筒的盖子检视每只蟋蟀的腿脚和大颚,一边讨价还价。
More important, most recent record contracts explicitly address the status of paid digital downloads-rendering moot such after-the-fact haggling.
更重要的是,大部分新近的唱片合同都对付费数字下载做出了明确的解释,从而避免了这种事后的讨价还价。
The budget haggling delayed the machine's timetable and threatened Japan's goal to have the first machine capable of 10 quadrillion calculations per second.
预算争论导致项目进度延期,威胁到研发全世界第一台每秒运算能力达一万万亿次的超级计算机这一目标的实现。
Enter the labyrinth of souks that wind through the stone alleyways of Old Cairo, haggling for goods as diverse as spices, antiques and silk.(Pete seaward/LPI)
走进开罗老城,迷宫般石块铺地的小巷里是露天市场,古董丝绸等各色货品琳琅满目,不要忘了和店主讨价还价。
Keeping focused on the end result of all of the money that can be saved, just by asking a few questions, can help anyone break into the art of good haggling.
重点在于关心你最后能省多少钱,而问问题是砍价艺术的敲门砖。
It may be precisely because Mr Obama anticipates fierce haggling with the Republicans over the next few months that he conceded so little ground in his speech.
也许正是由于奥巴马先生预计未来几个月内会和共和党人激烈交战,因而他在演讲中几乎没有做出任何让步。
He has an eye for detail which illuminates the personalities and political motivations of the changing cast of characters involved in haggling over trade barriers.
他善于捕捉细节,这些细节能够鲜明地反映那些在贸易壁垒问题上争论不休的人的性格以及他们不断变换角色的动机。
He recently bought a car on the Internet; instead of haggling forever, he got what he considered a fair price, made the purchase and moved on. (Comment on this story.)
最近他在网上买了一辆车,他没有与人进行拉锯式地讨价还价,看到价格合适,他就拍板成交,并把车子开了回来。
Even if you're shopping with people you know, they might raise an eyebrow when you start haggling, but they'll sure be jealous when you get a better price than they did!
即便是跟认识的人一起购物,你开始砍价的时候他们也许会挑一下眉毛,但如果你能拿到比他们更好的价格,就只有被羡慕的份儿啦。
Even if you're shopping with people you know, they might raise an eyebrow when you start haggling, but they'll sure be jealous when you get a better price than they did!
即便是跟认识的人一起购物,你开始砍价的时候他们也许会挑一下眉毛,但如果你能拿到比他们更好的价格,就只有被羡慕的份儿啦。
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