Definition of horse-trading in English:

horse-trading

noun

mass noun

1The buying and selling of horses.
马匹交易
Example sentencesExamples
- Appleby is famous around the world for its annual New Horse Fair, where gypsies and travellers from across the country and Europe gather for a week of horse-trading and celebrations.
1. 1.1 Hard and shrewd bargaining, especially in politics.
  强硬精明的讨价还价（多指在政治上）
  we will win with no horse-trading or electoral pacts
  Example sentencesExamples
  The most difficult horse-trading may revolve around cabinet jobs.
  But I suspect it's largely beside the point because once you're to that point you're into a process of legislative horse-trading and conference committees.
  Single-party rule will put an end to coalitions and horse-trading.
  It has resulted in horse-trading, grandstanding and double-bluffing; in debates about how to protect the rights of the minority from the power of the majority.
  The argument used to be that additional budgets diminished the credibility of the main budget and the planning system in general since ministers could always indulge in further horse-trading throughout the year.
  A significant reason for this was horse-trading between the Germans and the French who historically had been associated with Croatia and Serbia respectively.
  If the court's finding is upheld, such deals will become a matter for Brussels, which will result in a new round of prolonged horse-trading with Washington.
  Meanwhile, Karzai has repeatedly said that ‘the time of horse-trading is over’ and that he does not expect warlords to have a strong voice in his cabinet.
  EU leaders were gathering in Brussels last night promising there would be no repeat of the undignified horse-trading of their last treaty in Nice.
  Details of the plan emerged as Labour and Lib Dem MSPs met separately to discuss coalition terms ahead of horse-trading in a series of face-to-face talks scheduled to begin on Tuesday and run into next week.
  Once public participation has ended, the election process quickly turns into horse-trading, which seems to have become the trademark of Indonesian politics.
  Some last-minute horse-trading is inevitable.
  This novel idea turns decades of horse-trading upon its head, and at its heart is the simple truth that Scottish rugby is too small to succeed unless it is united in purpose.
  There's no horse-trading, no brilliant orchestration of competing interests to reveal a previously unthought of solution, that is going to reconcile those sets of goals.
  Yes, it would expose the unseemly work of legislative horse-trading without which successful coalition and law-making may not be possible.
  After much haggling and horse-trading, a compromise is hammered out that satisfies few but allows each minister to claim that it could have been much worse.
  Muslims would have scolded their leaders for selling out, Hindus would have lambasted theirs for cheapening a noble cause with such horse-trading, but in the end, everybody would have accepted it.
  Now their argument goes to Brussels, where horse-trading between European states will decide the fate of Scottish fishing.
  There was feverish horse-trading between party whips about the format of the set-piece debate.
  Germany now faces weeks in limbo as the main parties indulge in horse-trading over all the possible permutations.

Derivatives

horse-trade

verbˈhɔːsˌtreɪdˈhɔrsˌtreɪd

[no object]

Engage in hard and shrewd bargaining, especially in politics.
强硬精明的讨价还价（多指在政治上）
party leaders horse-trade to try to construct fragile coalitions
Example sentencesExamples
- the state horse-trades constantly with the private sector
- with object the destiny of the people was horse-traded at the Vienna Congress
- Against this backdrop of dispersed, specific responsibilities, the French state horse-trades constantly with the private sector, happy to get private funding for the infrastructure or services it wants.
- Let's move to something he can horse-trade about, and that is immigration policy.
- They have horse-traded, and have come back and said: ‘No, 20 percent isn't enough, and we're not going to be silent.’

horse-trader

nounˈhɔːstreɪdəˈhɔrsˌtreɪdər

There were few birth or marriage certificates, and when there were, the names were so strange: Lementeni Smith, his father a horse-trader, which should have set the bells ringing, but it didn't.
Example sentencesExamples
- He effectively left school at his home near Toomebridge, Co Antrim, at the age of 11, going to work at the yard of a local horse-trader and ‘character’ named Billy Rock.
- These days, horse-trader Costello prefers to watch the three-day Cheltenham Festival on television.
- The current compromise there would have been impossible without experienced political horse-traders like Michael Somare and John Momis.
- Early on in Everything Holy, the poem ‘The Constitution of Stars’ begins ‘the moon has moved’ and goes on to track horse-traders back to the mythic age of elephants.

Definition of horse-trading in US English:

horse-trading

nounˈhôrs ˌtrādiNGˈhɔrs ˌtreɪdɪŋ

1The buying and selling of horses.
马匹交易
Example sentencesExamples
- Appleby is famous around the world for its annual New Horse Fair, where gypsies and travellers from across the country and Europe gather for a week of horse-trading and celebrations.
1. 1.1 Hard and shrewd bargaining, especially in politics.
  强硬精明的讨价还价（多指在政治上）
  we will win with no horse-trading or electoral pacts
  Example sentencesExamples
  Meanwhile, Karzai has repeatedly said that ‘the time of horse-trading is over’ and that he does not expect warlords to have a strong voice in his cabinet.
  There was feverish horse-trading between party whips about the format of the set-piece debate.
  Germany now faces weeks in limbo as the main parties indulge in horse-trading over all the possible permutations.
  If the court's finding is upheld, such deals will become a matter for Brussels, which will result in a new round of prolonged horse-trading with Washington.
  Single-party rule will put an end to coalitions and horse-trading.
  EU leaders were gathering in Brussels last night promising there would be no repeat of the undignified horse-trading of their last treaty in Nice.
  But I suspect it's largely beside the point because once you're to that point you're into a process of legislative horse-trading and conference committees.
  Muslims would have scolded their leaders for selling out, Hindus would have lambasted theirs for cheapening a noble cause with such horse-trading, but in the end, everybody would have accepted it.
  It has resulted in horse-trading, grandstanding and double-bluffing; in debates about how to protect the rights of the minority from the power of the majority.
  The argument used to be that additional budgets diminished the credibility of the main budget and the planning system in general since ministers could always indulge in further horse-trading throughout the year.
  After much haggling and horse-trading, a compromise is hammered out that satisfies few but allows each minister to claim that it could have been much worse.
  Once public participation has ended, the election process quickly turns into horse-trading, which seems to have become the trademark of Indonesian politics.
  Some last-minute horse-trading is inevitable.
  The most difficult horse-trading may revolve around cabinet jobs.
  Details of the plan emerged as Labour and Lib Dem MSPs met separately to discuss coalition terms ahead of horse-trading in a series of face-to-face talks scheduled to begin on Tuesday and run into next week.
  Now their argument goes to Brussels, where horse-trading between European states will decide the fate of Scottish fishing.
  A significant reason for this was horse-trading between the Germans and the French who historically had been associated with Croatia and Serbia respectively.
  This novel idea turns decades of horse-trading upon its head, and at its heart is the simple truth that Scottish rugby is too small to succeed unless it is united in purpose.
  Yes, it would expose the unseemly work of legislative horse-trading without which successful coalition and law-making may not be possible.
  There's no horse-trading, no brilliant orchestration of competing interests to reveal a previously unthought of solution, that is going to reconcile those sets of goals.

单词	horse-trading
释义	Definition of horse-trading in English: horse-trading noun mass noun 1The buying and selling of horses. 马匹交易 Example sentencesExamples Appleby is famous around the world for its annual New Horse Fair, where gypsies and travellers from across the country and Europe gather for a week of horse-trading and celebrations. 1.1 Hard and shrewd bargaining, especially in politics. 强硬精明的讨价还价（多指在政治上） we will win with no horse-trading or electoral pacts Example sentencesExamples The most difficult horse-trading may revolve around cabinet jobs. But I suspect it's largely beside the point because once you're to that point you're into a process of legislative horse-trading and conference committees. Single-party rule will put an end to coalitions and horse-trading. It has resulted in horse-trading, grandstanding and double-bluffing; in debates about how to protect the rights of the minority from the power of the majority. The argument used to be that additional budgets diminished the credibility of the main budget and the planning system in general since ministers could always indulge in further horse-trading throughout the year. A significant reason for this was horse-trading between the Germans and the French who historically had been associated with Croatia and Serbia respectively. If the court's finding is upheld, such deals will become a matter for Brussels, which will result in a new round of prolonged horse-trading with Washington. Meanwhile, Karzai has repeatedly said that ‘the time of horse-trading is over’ and that he does not expect warlords to have a strong voice in his cabinet. EU leaders were gathering in Brussels last night promising there would be no repeat of the undignified horse-trading of their last treaty in Nice. Details of the plan emerged as Labour and Lib Dem MSPs met separately to discuss coalition terms ahead of horse-trading in a series of face-to-face talks scheduled to begin on Tuesday and run into next week. Once public participation has ended, the election process quickly turns into horse-trading, which seems to have become the trademark of Indonesian politics. Some last-minute horse-trading is inevitable. This novel idea turns decades of horse-trading upon its head, and at its heart is the simple truth that Scottish rugby is too small to succeed unless it is united in purpose. There's no horse-trading, no brilliant orchestration of competing interests to reveal a previously unthought of solution, that is going to reconcile those sets of goals. Yes, it would expose the unseemly work of legislative horse-trading without which successful coalition and law-making may not be possible. After much haggling and horse-trading, a compromise is hammered out that satisfies few but allows each minister to claim that it could have been much worse. Muslims would have scolded their leaders for selling out, Hindus would have lambasted theirs for cheapening a noble cause with such horse-trading, but in the end, everybody would have accepted it. Now their argument goes to Brussels, where horse-trading between European states will decide the fate of Scottish fishing. There was feverish horse-trading between party whips about the format of the set-piece debate. Germany now faces weeks in limbo as the main parties indulge in horse-trading over all the possible permutations. Derivatives horse-trade verbˈhɔːsˌtreɪdˈhɔrsˌtreɪd [no object] Engage in hard and shrewd bargaining, especially in politics. 强硬精明的讨价还价（多指在政治上） party leaders horse-trade to try to construct fragile coalitions Example sentencesExamples the state horse-trades constantly with the private sector with object the destiny of the people was horse-traded at the Vienna Congress Against this backdrop of dispersed, specific responsibilities, the French state horse-trades constantly with the private sector, happy to get private funding for the infrastructure or services it wants. Let's move to something he can horse-trade about, and that is immigration policy. They have horse-traded, and have come back and said: ‘No, 20 percent isn't enough, and we're not going to be silent.’ horse-trader nounˈhɔːstreɪdəˈhɔrsˌtreɪdər There were few birth or marriage certificates, and when there were, the names were so strange: Lementeni Smith, his father a horse-trader, which should have set the bells ringing, but it didn't. Example sentencesExamples He effectively left school at his home near Toomebridge, Co Antrim, at the age of 11, going to work at the yard of a local horse-trader and ‘character’ named Billy Rock. These days, horse-trader Costello prefers to watch the three-day Cheltenham Festival on television. The current compromise there would have been impossible without experienced political horse-traders like Michael Somare and John Momis. Early on in Everything Holy, the poem ‘The Constitution of Stars’ begins ‘the moon has moved’ and goes on to track horse-traders back to the mythic age of elephants. Definition of horse-trading in US English: horse-trading nounˈhôrs ˌtrādiNGˈhɔrs ˌtreɪdɪŋ 1The buying and selling of horses. 马匹交易 Example sentencesExamples Appleby is famous around the world for its annual New Horse Fair, where gypsies and travellers from across the country and Europe gather for a week of horse-trading and celebrations. 1.1 Hard and shrewd bargaining, especially in politics. 强硬精明的讨价还价（多指在政治上） we will win with no horse-trading or electoral pacts Example sentencesExamples Meanwhile, Karzai has repeatedly said that ‘the time of horse-trading is over’ and that he does not expect warlords to have a strong voice in his cabinet. There was feverish horse-trading between party whips about the format of the set-piece debate. Germany now faces weeks in limbo as the main parties indulge in horse-trading over all the possible permutations. If the court's finding is upheld, such deals will become a matter for Brussels, which will result in a new round of prolonged horse-trading with Washington. Single-party rule will put an end to coalitions and horse-trading. EU leaders were gathering in Brussels last night promising there would be no repeat of the undignified horse-trading of their last treaty in Nice. But I suspect it's largely beside the point because once you're to that point you're into a process of legislative horse-trading and conference committees. Muslims would have scolded their leaders for selling out, Hindus would have lambasted theirs for cheapening a noble cause with such horse-trading, but in the end, everybody would have accepted it. It has resulted in horse-trading, grandstanding and double-bluffing; in debates about how to protect the rights of the minority from the power of the majority. The argument used to be that additional budgets diminished the credibility of the main budget and the planning system in general since ministers could always indulge in further horse-trading throughout the year. After much haggling and horse-trading, a compromise is hammered out that satisfies few but allows each minister to claim that it could have been much worse. Once public participation has ended, the election process quickly turns into horse-trading, which seems to have become the trademark of Indonesian politics. Some last-minute horse-trading is inevitable. The most difficult horse-trading may revolve around cabinet jobs. Details of the plan emerged as Labour and Lib Dem MSPs met separately to discuss coalition terms ahead of horse-trading in a series of face-to-face talks scheduled to begin on Tuesday and run into next week. Now their argument goes to Brussels, where horse-trading between European states will decide the fate of Scottish fishing. A significant reason for this was horse-trading between the Germans and the French who historically had been associated with Croatia and Serbia respectively. This novel idea turns decades of horse-trading upon its head, and at its heart is the simple truth that Scottish rugby is too small to succeed unless it is united in purpose. Yes, it would expose the unseemly work of legislative horse-trading without which successful coalition and law-making may not be possible. There's no horse-trading, no brilliant orchestration of competing interests to reveal a previously unthought of solution, that is going to reconcile those sets of goals.
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