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mediate

英  [ˈmiːdieɪt]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • mediates , mediating , mediated

    1[I 不及物动词] 调解 , 协调

    If someone mediates between two groups of people, or mediates an agreement between them, they try to settle an argument between them by talking to both groups and trying to find things that they can both agree to.

    近义词

    arbitrate

    双语例句

    例:

    My mum was the one who mediated between Zelda and her mum.

    我妈妈是那个调解塞尔达和她妈妈的人。

    例:

    United Nations officials have mediated a series of peace meetings between the two sides.

    联合国官员们已经促成了双方的一系列和谈。

    例:

    The Vatican successfully mediated in a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile in 1984.

    梵蒂冈在1984年成功调停了阿根廷和智利之间的领土争端。

    例:

    UN peacekeepers mediated a new cease-fire.

    联合国的调解员促成了一个新的停火协定。

    2[T 及物动词] 调节

    If something mediates a particular process or event, it allows that process or event to happen and influences the way in which it happens.

    近义词

    influence

    双语例句

    例:

    the thymus, the organ which mediates the response of the white blood cells.

    胸腺,调节白血球反应的器官。

    例:

    People's responses to us have been mediated by their past experience of life.

    人们对我们的反应受他们过去生活经历的影响。

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