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单词 negotiable
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Definition of negotiable in English:

negotiable

adjective nɪˈɡəʊʃ(ɪ)əb(ə)lnəˈɡoʊʃ(i)əb(ə)l
  • 1Open to discussion or modification.

    可谈判的,可磋商的

    the price was not negotiable

    这个价格不可以商量。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everything else might be negotiable - this is not.
    • And my husband refers to prostitutes as ‘women of negotiable virtue’.
    • Dairygold boss Jerry Henchy told the LRC on Monday the 500 job cuts were not negotiable and he would impose redundancies by December 17 in order to meet the jobs target.
    • This tendency to make all established rights negotiable is being enhanced by the current administration's modifications to the Labour Code.
    • The details are negotiable; they always are among diplomats.
    • Are there some principles upon which it is worth making a stand - or is everything negotiable and flexible in this post-modern world?
    • As compensation we gave ourselves the treat of a delightfully decadent hydrangea, blowsy, and of that precise shade of acid pink that speaks of the back parlours occupied by ladies of negotiable affection.
    • And these are things that are negotiable in the early stages.
    • Now I need to ask you this, K: you have spent many a year in the Metropolitan Police, and your submission repeatedly makes it clear that you support and are adamant about integrity not being negotiable.
    • It's not negotiable, it's not open to question, and it never changes.
    • In the Evening Standard classifieds I find a two-bedroom flat in Kensington W8 for £220 per week negotiable, cheaper than Edinburgh's New Town.
    • He said flexibility was built into the new proposals, but this flexibility was conditional on maintaining an acceptable overall level of food safety, which was not negotiable.
    • The original of this recipe may be found in just about any Italian cookbook along with the story that it originated in the cafés of Naples where it was much favoured by ladies of negotiable affection working the night shift.
    • But for some, all of those freedoms are negotiable.
    • The concept of ‘unbounded person’ assumes that the boundary between one person and others is not fixed and definite, but flexible and negotiable.
    • ‘Prices’ are negotiable and certain jobs and services can be paid for partly with Lets credits and partly with cash.
    • If you have money here, everything is negotiable.
    • The fact that real estate fees are negotiable was discussed several times in the columns.
    • In the case of Belgium, the discount is negotiable between the investor and the Belgian government, according to the agreed scheme.
    • Neither he nor the prime minister had advance warning of Peter Mandelson's carefully worded pro-Brussels speech on Monday, which suggested that Britain's rebate might be negotiable.
    Synonyms
    open to discussion, subject to discussion, flexible, open to modification, discussable
    unsettled, undecided, debatable
    1. 1.1 (of a document) able to be transferred or assigned to the legal ownership of another person.
      (凭证)可转让的
      negotiable certificates of deposit
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Financial investment portfolio will hold easily negotiable assets assigned to the fiscal sustainability account and the heritage account.
      • Even a bill of lading which is not made negotiable operates as a document of title, because the consignee named therein can only claim delivery of the goods from the shipowner if able to produce the bill of lading.
      • The negotiable document setting down the terms of credit is the so-called bill of exchange.
      Synonyms
      transferable, usable as legal tender
      valid
  • 2(of a route) able to be traversed; passable.

    (障碍,路径)可越过的;可通行的

    walkways must be accessible and negotiable for all users

    这样的人行道一定要让所有的路人均可通行。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Children make their way to school alone, safe in their own locality where shopowners greet them by name and danger from traffic is minimal as few streets are negotiable by cars.
    • What this means is that you have a succession of bits of floor that go up, in easily negotiable ascents in one direction, and down, in easily negotiable descents, in the other direction.
    • But I must navigate what is negotiable and what is not, and do my best to constantly re-check my alignments and priorities.
    • The Climber easily scales many smooth and uneven vertical surfaces - wall board, plaster, brick, cinder block, and siding are negotiable for this versatile robot.
    • Slip down here, keeping right near the bottom and follow the rift along for a few metres until you see a negotiable route back up the rift over flowstone.
    • Participants will follow a negotiable route along Markievicz Road, Stephen Street and The Mall, until the starting point, on Ash Lane, is reached.
    • The Nobel Committee itself recognised this in its citation, proclaiming ‘that the only negotiable route to global peace and co-operation goes by way of the U.N’.
    • Slower vehicles, less negotiable routes and higher monetary costs lead to fewer journeys and shorter distances - and thus less traffic.
    Synonyms
    passable, navigable, crossable, traversable
    free from obstruction, open, clear, unblocked, unobstructed

Derivatives

  • negotiability

  • noun nɪɡəʊʃ(ɪ)əˈbɪlɪtinəˌɡoʊʃ(i)əˈbɪlədi
    • On the basis of a total negotiability and equality of views it would make a process of devising cultural ethnicity and producing an official version of tradition very difficult and time-consuming.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then they try to buy them based on the negotiability of the horses.
      • Two short clinical vignettes illustrate the adolescent's capacity to move from impulsivity to negotiability, insight and reflection.
      • A key characteristic in African inheritance systems is the negotiability of rules and relationships and these rules and relationships concern rights over persons.
      • In The Street, a dialectic always buzzes between the need for order, negotiability, and legibility (even the inevitability of them) and the material facts that seem always to escape or exceed them.

Definition of negotiable in US English:

negotiable

adjectivenəˈɡoʊʃ(i)əb(ə)lnəˈɡōSH(ē)əb(ə)l
  • 1Open to discussion or modification.

    可谈判的,可磋商的

    the price was not negotiable

    这个价格不可以商量。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dairygold boss Jerry Henchy told the LRC on Monday the 500 job cuts were not negotiable and he would impose redundancies by December 17 in order to meet the jobs target.
    • But for some, all of those freedoms are negotiable.
    • The concept of ‘unbounded person’ assumes that the boundary between one person and others is not fixed and definite, but flexible and negotiable.
    • It's not negotiable, it's not open to question, and it never changes.
    • ‘Prices’ are negotiable and certain jobs and services can be paid for partly with Lets credits and partly with cash.
    • As compensation we gave ourselves the treat of a delightfully decadent hydrangea, blowsy, and of that precise shade of acid pink that speaks of the back parlours occupied by ladies of negotiable affection.
    • The original of this recipe may be found in just about any Italian cookbook along with the story that it originated in the cafés of Naples where it was much favoured by ladies of negotiable affection working the night shift.
    • This tendency to make all established rights negotiable is being enhanced by the current administration's modifications to the Labour Code.
    • Neither he nor the prime minister had advance warning of Peter Mandelson's carefully worded pro-Brussels speech on Monday, which suggested that Britain's rebate might be negotiable.
    • Are there some principles upon which it is worth making a stand - or is everything negotiable and flexible in this post-modern world?
    • In the case of Belgium, the discount is negotiable between the investor and the Belgian government, according to the agreed scheme.
    • Everything else might be negotiable - this is not.
    • And my husband refers to prostitutes as ‘women of negotiable virtue’.
    • He said flexibility was built into the new proposals, but this flexibility was conditional on maintaining an acceptable overall level of food safety, which was not negotiable.
    • The fact that real estate fees are negotiable was discussed several times in the columns.
    • The details are negotiable; they always are among diplomats.
    • Now I need to ask you this, K: you have spent many a year in the Metropolitan Police, and your submission repeatedly makes it clear that you support and are adamant about integrity not being negotiable.
    • And these are things that are negotiable in the early stages.
    • If you have money here, everything is negotiable.
    • In the Evening Standard classifieds I find a two-bedroom flat in Kensington W8 for £220 per week negotiable, cheaper than Edinburgh's New Town.
    Synonyms
    open to discussion, subject to discussion, flexible, open to modification, discussable
    1. 1.1 (of a document) able to be transferred or assigned to the legal ownership of another person.
      (凭证)可转让的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The negotiable document setting down the terms of credit is the so-called bill of exchange.
      • Financial investment portfolio will hold easily negotiable assets assigned to the fiscal sustainability account and the heritage account.
      • Even a bill of lading which is not made negotiable operates as a document of title, because the consignee named therein can only claim delivery of the goods from the shipowner if able to produce the bill of lading.
      Synonyms
      transferable, usable as legal tender
    2. 1.2 (of an obstacle or pathway) able to be traversed; passable.
      (障碍,路径)可越过的;可通行的
      such walkways must be accessible and negotiable for all users

      这样的人行道一定要让所有的路人均可通行。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Participants will follow a negotiable route along Markievicz Road, Stephen Street and The Mall, until the starting point, on Ash Lane, is reached.
      • Slower vehicles, less negotiable routes and higher monetary costs lead to fewer journeys and shorter distances - and thus less traffic.
      • The Nobel Committee itself recognised this in its citation, proclaiming ‘that the only negotiable route to global peace and co-operation goes by way of the U.N’.
      • Slip down here, keeping right near the bottom and follow the rift along for a few metres until you see a negotiable route back up the rift over flowstone.
      • Children make their way to school alone, safe in their own locality where shopowners greet them by name and danger from traffic is minimal as few streets are negotiable by cars.
      • But I must navigate what is negotiable and what is not, and do my best to constantly re-check my alignments and priorities.
      • The Climber easily scales many smooth and uneven vertical surfaces - wall board, plaster, brick, cinder block, and siding are negotiable for this versatile robot.
      • What this means is that you have a succession of bits of floor that go up, in easily negotiable ascents in one direction, and down, in easily negotiable descents, in the other direction.
      Synonyms
      passable, navigable, crossable, traversable
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