mediate

英 [ˈmiːdieɪt]

美 [ˈmiːdieɪt]

v.  调停; 调解; 斡旋; 为解决分歧找到(方法); 促成(协议); 影响…的发生; 使…可能发生

过去分词：mediated　过去式：mediated　现在分词：mediating　第三人称单数：mediates　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6739 / COCA.7370

牛津词典

verb

• 调停；调解；斡旋
  to try to end a disagreement between two or more people or groups by talking to them and trying to find things that everyone can agree on
  1. The Secretary-General was asked to mediate in the dispute.
     有人请秘书长来调解这次纷争。
  2. An independent body was brought in to mediate between staff and management.
     由一个独立机构介入，在劳资之间进行调解。
  3. to mediate differences/disputes/problems
     调解分歧 / 争端 / 问题
• 为解决分歧找到（方法）；促成（协议）
  to succeed in finding a solution to a disagreement between people or groups
  1. They mediated a settlement.
     他们找到了一个解决方案。
• 影响…的发生；使…可能发生
  to influence sth and/or make it possible for it to happen
  1. Educational success is mediated by economic factors.
     经济因素影响着教育的成功。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 调解;调停;斡旋
  If someonemediates betweentwo groups of people, ormediatesan agreementbetweenthem, they try to settle an argument between them by talking to both groups and trying to find things that they can both agree to.
  1. My mom was the one who mediated between Zelda and her mom...
     我妈妈充当了泽尔达和她妈妈之间的调解人。
  2. United Nations officials have mediated a series of peace meetings between the two sides...
     联合国官员已经促成了双方的一系列和平会谈。
  3. The Vatican successfully mediated in a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile in 1984...
     梵蒂冈成功地调解了1984年阿根廷与智利之间的领土争端。
  4. UN peacekeepers mediated a new ceasefire.
     联合国维和人员斡旋后实现了新一轮的停火。
• VERB 调节;影响
  If somethingmediatesa particular process or event, it allows that process or event to happen and influences the way in which it happens.
  1. ...the thymus, the organ which mediates the response of the white blood cells...
     胸腺——调节白血球的反应的器官
  2. People's responses to us have been mediated by their past experience of life.
     人们对我们作出的反应受到了他们过去生活经历的影响。

英英释义

verb

• act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  1. He interceded in the family dispute
  2. He mediated a settlement
  Synonym:intercedeintermediateliaisearbitrate
• occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
  1. mediate between the old and the new

adj

• acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
  1. the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact
• being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
  1. adolescence is an awkward in-between age
  2. in a mediate position
  3. the middle point on a line
  Synonym:in-betweenmiddle

双语例句

• His wife had a quarrel with his mother; he tried every means to mediate between them both.
  他妻子和他母亲发生口角，他在他们中间尽量调解。
• A well-known local lawyer has been appointed to mediate between the employers and the union leaders, since they cannot reach agreement in direct talks.
  雇主同工会领导在对话中达不成协议，于是就指派当地一位有名望的律师从中调解。
• IDOL can even mediate the degradation of the receptor precursor in the endoplasmic reticulum.
  甚至，IDOL能调解内质网中受体前体的降解。
• Companies can set up their labour dispute mediation committees to mediate labour disputes which occur in the companies.
  企业可设立劳动争议调解委员会，以调解本企业发生的劳动争议。
• My mom was the one who mediated between Zelda and her mom
  我妈妈充当了泽尔达和她妈妈之间的调解人。
• Its role was limited in ancestral temples to mediate the relation between gods and men.
  只是它的作用已仅限于在宗庙之中，协调人神之间的关系了。
• The teachers and parents couldn't agree and she had to mediate between them.
  老师和父母意见不一敛，她只能从中斡旋。
• President Bush says Russia has gone too far, and must agree to mediate its differences with neighboring Georgia.
  布什总统说，俄罗斯走得太远了，必须同意调解她跟邻国格鲁吉亚的分歧。
• The Vatican successfully mediated in a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile in 1984
  梵蒂冈成功地调解了1984年阿根廷与智利之间的领土争端。
• UN peacekeepers mediated a new ceasefire.
  联合国维和人员斡旋后实现了新一轮的停火。