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bar.gain (obj)HbB:7gIn, $5bB:r-v议价，议价卖出，预料The unions bargain with the employers for better rates of pay each year. [I]工会与雇主为每年的加薪率讨价还价。I realized that by trying to gain security I had bargained away my freedom (= exchanged it for something of less value). [M]我意识到为了获得安全我牺牲了自由。(fig.) He hadn't bargained on her extreme anger/being so angry (= he had not expected this). [I]他没想到会惹她大怒。(fig.) This was the one thing we hadn't bargained for (= we were not expecting). [I]这件事我们没料到。(fig.) She got more than she'd bargained for (= than she was expecting) when she rescued the cat, as it gave birth soon afterwards. [I]她当初救猫时可没想那么多，谁知没多久它就生小猫了。(fig. Am) I'll bargain (= I expect) that he will compete at the next Olympic games. [+ that clause]我料想他会参加下届奥运会。A bargaining chip/(Br) counter is something which someone else wants that you are willing to lose in order to reach an agreement.（谈判中一方所拥有的）可进行讨价还价的筹码The missiles were used as a bargaining chip in the negotiations for economic aid.导弹被用作谈判中获取经济援助的筹码。Rising unemployment has diminished the bargaining power of people with jobs (= their ability to get what they want).不断增长的失业率减少了在职人员讨价还价的余地。
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