split the difference

AGREEto agree on an amount that is exactly between two amounts that have been mentioned 〔在数额上〕互相让步，折中，妥协

OK, let’s split the difference, and I’ll give you £20.

行，我们各让一步，我给你 20 英镑。

Examples from the Corpus

split the difference• Their offer is only about $500 dollars less than we're asking, so we'll probably just split the difference.• Now let me see if I can split the difference.• Ross proposed that they split the difference and suggested a date in 1998.• Even those who attempt to split the difference are not too fussy about where the line is drawn.• We decided that I would live and split the difference between then and a projected now.

→ split the difference at split1(2)

单词	split the difference
释义	split the difference split the difference AGREEto agree on an amount that is exactly between two amounts that have been mentioned 〔在数额上〕互相让步，折中，妥协 OK, let’s split the difference, and I’ll give you £20. 行，我们各让一步，我给你 20 英镑。 Examples from the Corpus split the difference• Their offer is only about $500 dollars less than we're asking, so we'll probably just split the difference.• Now let me see if I can split the difference.• Ross proposed that they split the difference and suggested a date in 1998.• Even those who attempt to split the difference are not too fussy about where the line is drawn.• We decided that I would live and split the difference between then and a projected now. → split the difference at split1(2)
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