haggle
/ˈhæɡl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhæɡl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈha-gəl/ (ame, mw)
haggle — 動詞
- hagglepresent simple I / you / we / they
- haggleshe / she / it
- haggledpast simple
- haggling-ing form
1. to keep going back and forth with a seller, trying to push the price or terms in
討價還價
為價格或條件來回爭論議價
to keep going back and forth with a seller, trying to push the price or terms in your favour before agreeing to buy something.
Darius spent twenty minutes haggling with the carpet seller in the Istanbul bazaar.
Darius 在伊斯坦堡市集裡跟地毯商討價還價了二十分鐘。
haggle with + person; typical market scenario
Apinya refuses to haggle over taxi fares because she finds the back-and-forth stressful.
Apinya 不肯為計程車車資討價還價，因為她覺得這樣來回很累。
haggle over + price/terms
The two lawyers haggled for hours about which clauses to remove from the contract.
那兩位律師為了合約裡要刪掉哪些條款，整整討價還價了好幾個小時。
My grandmother taught me how to haggle politely at the morning farmers' market.
我奶奶教我怎麼在早市禮貌地討價還價。
Tourists who do not haggle often end up paying three times the local price.
不會討價還價的觀光客，最後常常付到當地人三倍的價錢。
- pay full price
accept the listed amount without disputing it
文法句型
haggle over + noun
haggle with + person
haggle for + noun
用法筆記
Subject is usually the buyer; the seller's role is marked with 'with'. The thing being negotiated takes 'over' or 'about' (for terms) and 'for' (for the goods themselves).
常見錯誤
haggle — 名詞
1. a session of back-and-forth arguing between a buyer and seller (or two parties i
議價過程
買賣雙方為條件來回爭論一次
a session of back-and-forth arguing between a buyer and seller (or two parties in any deal) before they settle on a price or set of conditions.
After a long haggle over the rent, Nikhil and the landlord finally shook hands.
經過一番冗長的議價過程，Nikhil 和房東終於握手成交。
a haggle over + price/terms; resolution framing
The deal went through without much of a haggle, which surprised both teams.
那筆交易沒怎麼經過議價過程就談成了，雙方團隊都很意外。
negation pattern: without a haggle
Buying a used car always involves a bit of a haggle at the dealership.
在車行買中古車，多少都會有一番議價過程。
Tendai enjoyed the haggle as much as the bargain itself when shopping for antiques.
逛古董店時，Tendai 享受議價過程的程度，不亞於最後撿到便宜本身。
- bargaining
more general; refers to the whole process rather than one episode
- negotiation
formal register; suggests a structured, often professional discussion
文法句型
a haggle over + noun
after some haggle
用法筆記
Almost always countable and singular ('a haggle'); rarely pluralised. Distinguish from the verb sense by the determiner — if 'a' or 'the' precedes 'haggle', it is the noun.