bargain n. 1.契约,合同,协定,成交条件;交易,买卖。 2.便宜货,廉价品;(通过讨价还价)成交的商品。 A bargain's a bargain. 契约终是契约(成议不可妄毁)。 That's a bargain. 那已经决定了。 a bad [good] bargain = a losing [great] bargain买贵了[买得便宜]的东西。 a dead bargain 买价极便宜的货物。 a bargain 便宜(I got this a bargain. 买的便宜)。 beat a bargain 还价,讲价。 close [conclude] a bargain 定契约[合同]。 drive a bargain (不断)磋商,讲价。 drive a hard bargain 乱讲价[还价]。 in [into] the bargain 加之,而且 (He gave me 30 dollars into the bargain. 他另外又给了我三十元)。 make a bargain with 与…订约[约定]。 make the best of a bad bargain 善处逆境。 pick up bargains (at a sale) 找便宜货。 sell sb. a bargain 戏弄,愚弄;使某人意外为难。 strike a bargain 进行交易,成交。 vi. 谈判,订约;约定;〔口语〕讨价还价。 vt. 1.议(价);约定。 2.把…议价卖出;通过讲条件去掉…。 3.预料,预期。 bargain a new wage increase (通过谈判)达成增加工资的新协议。 I did not bargain for that. 原来不是那样约定的,我料不到是那样的。 bargain away 廉价售出。 bargain for期待;预计到。 bargain on 指望。
She soon found that she had made a bad bargain . 她不久便发现自己做了一笔不上算的生意。
He decided to make the best of a bad bargain and borrow the money from the company . 他为了力图挽回逆境而不惜向这个公司借钱。
Make the best of a bad bargain 已知吃亏,尽力而为。
Matters have not been carried on as expected ; however , we must make the best of a bad bargain 事情没能像我们所期望的那样进行。不过,我们还是得尽力应付糟糕的局面,争取好的结果。
Fred : that ' s not a bad bargain . it won ' t be long before you ' re an accomplished horseman if you can keep the arrangement going for any length of time 弗雷德:你这交易不错,假如能够维持一段时间,你不久就可以精通骑术。