Mediate



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 调停
• ［英］ v. 调停 ( to bring about by conciliation)
• ［类］ faultfinder : criticize / arbitrator : mediate ( 吹毛求疵者批评 / 仲裁者调停)
• ［记］ medi ( 中间) +ate -> 在中间 -> 调停, 调解, 注意不要和meditate ( 沉思) 相混

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin mediatus intermediate, from past participle of mediare
• Date: 15th century
• 1. occupying a middle position
• 2.
  • a. acting through an intervening agency
  • b. exhibiting indirect causation, connection, or relation
• ? mediacy noun
• ? mediately adverb

II. verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Medieval Latin mediatus, past participle of mediare, from Late Latin, to be in the middle, from Latin medius middle
• Date: 1568
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to bring accord out of by action as an intermediary
    • b. to effect by action as an intermediary
  • 2.
    • a. to act as intermediary agent in bringing, effecting, or communicating ; convey
    • b. to transmit as intermediate mechanism or agency
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to interpose between parties in order to reconcile them
  • 2. to reconcile differences
• Synonyms: see interpose
• ? mediative adjective
• ? mediatory adjective

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