haggling

As it happens, Jerry Brown, the governor, is trying to do that anyway, and is haggling over the details with local administrations.

无独有偶，州长杰里•布朗（JerryBrown）正想尽办法无论如何也要转移囚犯，同时他正与地方政府就细节事项讨价还价。

Each dealer seems to have his own opaque pricing scheme, consumers have to endure endless haggling and the financing is murky at best.

每个经销商看上去都有自己的暗箱定价策略，消费者只能忍受无休止的讨价还价而且最好不要让销售者知道他们的筹资渠道。

"Last I knew, " said the American, "the Scot was haggling over the price, and the Canadian was arguing that his government should pay. "

美国人答道：“据我所知，苏格兰人还在讨价还价，加拿大人则坚持让自己的政府来掏这笔钱。”

The woman was still haggling with me about the cost of the bag when she discovered the money and said the money was hers.

当时女人在跟我就包的价格讨价还价，她发现了钱并声称是她的。

We decided to buy a former rental car, only a year old, all the extras included, and best of all NO haggling - the price is the price!

我们打算去买辆淘汰下来的租赁车，只有一年车龄，要包括所有的额外费用，最好还不用讨价还价——标啥价就卖啥价！

The crew, he said, was safe and unharmed but the pirates had yet to start haggling with the owners over the ransom.

船长说船员们仍然安全，并未受到伤害，但是在赎金方面，海盗与船东还没有达成协议。

It was the biggest toll in one day this year, raising sectarian tension when politicians are haggling to form a new government coalition.

这是今年单日最大的伤亡数，在政客们还在就建立新联合政府讨价还价时，制造了新一轮的宗派紧张。

my girlfriend was haggling with a sales clerk over the price of a mobile phone.

我的女朋友在买手提电话时跟营业员正在讨价还价。

Bill Gates winked and said, "We've already established that. We're just haggling over the frequency. "

比尔盖茨眨了眨眼，说：“实际上我们已经做了那样的窗口。现在只不过在讨论它崩溃的频率罢了。”

In Britain the prices for such things are fixed, so I had no idea that they were haggling and that Zen was in on the act.

在英国这种价格是固定的，所以我不知道他们为什么要讨价还价，而且女儿也在场。

After tense haggling a deal seemed to have been struck over the summer.

在紧张的讨价还价之后，一项协议似乎在夏天达成。

Prudential is haggling furiously to avoid this, fearing that it might further stretch the already strained economics of the deal.

保诚则竭力争辩，以求避免这么做，担心这可能会进一步加剧该交易业已吃紧的经济状况。

Comment: A man haggling over every ounce will get little. The sea is lower than all the other rivers. That's why it becomes a sea.

点评：斤斤计较的人，一生只得两斤。大海之所以成为大海，只因为它比所有的河流都低。

Gault turned a cost-cutting hobby into a career and says she gets a runner's high before haggling.

高尔特将喜欢讨价还价的爱好变成了她的职业，杀价前会感到很兴奋，类似跑步者的愉悦感。

Some foreigners, unused to haggling, grumble that Sanya's taxi drivers and shopkeepers are out to fleece them.

有些还不习惯于还价的外国人则抱怨说，三亚的出租车司机和商店店主想要敲他们的竹杠。

After months of haggling he brought the owner to his knees and bought the property at a reasonable price.

经过数月的讨价还价，他终于使业主让步而廉价购得那块地产。

Meanwhile, South Africa is haggling with a firm it accuses of having pushed it into an unnecessarily costly contract.

南非也出了状况，一家公司将一纸毫无必要且开销巨大的条款强加于政府并因此受到指控。

It is due to be released on April 6th, after scientists and governments have finished haggling over the wording.

该报告定于4月6日发布，因为科学家们和各国政府代表就报告如何措词一事尚未达成一致，仍在争论不休。

But he says haggling got out of hand: 'They kept wanting a lower price, so we eventually said, 'No deal. ''

不过他说，双方没能达成协议：“他们一再压低价格，于是我们最终表态说，‘不能成交’。”

Trips to the busy bazaars afford a look at the still thriving traditions of haggling and Uzbek cuisine.

到繁忙的市集参观时，值得看看普遍的讨价还价传统与乌兹别克的饮食。