dicker
dickerverb[no obj.]- engage in petty argument or bargaining
小吵小闹;讨价还价
they have been dickering with the airline to buy a share.
他们为了参股的事和航空公司一直在讨价还价。
- treat something casually or irresponsibly; toy with something
敷衍;玩弄
[as noun dickering]there was no dickering with the lyrics.
对诗歌是不能敷衍了事的。
派生dickerernoun语源- early 19th cent. (originally US): perhaps from obsolete dicker 'set of ten (hides'), used as a unit of trade, based on Latin decem 'ten'
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