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a. 居间的, 间接的 vt. 斡旋, 调停 vi. 处于中间, 调解

发音

US /ˈmidieɪt/
其它 /ˈmidieɪt/
US /ˈmidi.ət/
其它 /ˈmidi.ət/

词形变化

mediated mediates 三单 mediates mediateth mediating mediating 现在分词 mediated 过去式 mediated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

调解；斡旋；居中

动词

调停；传达

形容词

间接的；居间的

释义与例句

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.

    经调解达成

    及物

    Negotiators managed to mediate a ceasefire.

  2. 2.

    To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.

    调解

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To divide into two equal parts.

  4. 4.

    To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.

  5. 5.

    To act as a spiritualistic medium.

  6. 6.

    To communicate via media; to frame; to provide a cultural narrative about.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Acting through a mediating agency, indirect.

  2. 2.

    Intermediate between extremes.

  3. 3.

    Gained or effected by a medium or condition.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

intermediate intercede liaise arbitrate

上位词 3

lie negotiate negociate
形容词

同义词 2

middle in-between

反义词 1

immediate

近义相关 2

indirect intermediate

词源

The adjective is first attested in the 1440s in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English mediat(e) (“intermediate; intercessory”), borrowed from Late Latin mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to divide in the middle; (in Medieval Latin) to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

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