陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

bilateral/ covenant/ impasse/ mediate/ moot point/ multilateral/ overtures/ pact/ pending/ stalemate/ standoff/ stipulate/ treaty/ unilateral

1. 指談判「單邊的」用unilateral；「雙邊的」用bilateral；「多邊的」 用multilateral：

•The unilateral repudiation of the treaty has never been considered by that country.

•The two countries made a bilateral trade agreement.

•In an age of globalization, multilateral negotiations are both inevitable and necessary.

2. 談判中「尚未決定的」叫pending；「待解決的問題或爭議點」叫moot point：

•The agreement of trade between China and America seems to be pending.

•It is a moot point whether the richer country should lower more tariffs.

3. 為談判各方「調停」叫mediate；為達成協議或促進友誼所提出的「建議」叫overtures：

•They let the third party mediate their differences.

•His overtures for peace were highly acclaimed.

4. 談判中所陷入的「僵局」可用impasse、stalemate或standoff：

•If neither side would compromise, there would be an impasse.

•The negotiation between the two countries has come to a stalemate.

•It's hard to work out the standoff because all countries insisted on their own positions.

5. 談判中所訂的正式與鄭重協議可用covenant、pact和treaty。其中，除了treaty是專指國與國之間的條約之外，其它兩個字也可以指人與人之間的約定。另外，契約等所「載明」的事項叫stipulate：

•They drafted a covenant to defend their religion.

•Marriage should be a covenant of love and life.

•The security pact was made by mutual consent between the two countries.

•They made a pact never to tell anyone about the accident.

•The warring nations will soon sign a peace treaty.

•The contract stipulated for the use of the basement.