parley

• n. 談判；會談
• vt. 談判；會談
• n. (Parley)人名；(英)帕利

來自古法語parler,說話，來自拉丁語parabolare,說話，交談，來自para-,在旁，在周圍，-bol,扔，投擲，詞源同parable,ballistic.字麵意思即扔在旁邊的，引申詞義比較，打比方，說話技巧，交談，後用於指和談，對話。

parley (n.)

"conference, speech," especially with an enemy, mid-15c., from Middle French parlée, from fem. past participle of Old French parler "to speak" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *paraulare, from Late Latin parabolare "to speak (in parables)," from parabola "speech, discourse," from Latin parabola "comparison" (see parable).

parley (v.)

late 14c., "to speak, talk, confer," probably a separate borrowing of Old French parler "to speak" (see parley (n.)). Related: Parleyed; parleying. Meaning "to discuss terms" is 1560s, from the noun.

1. The governor was forced to parley with the rebels.

州長被迫與反叛者談判.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The government is ready to hold a parley at any moment.

政府準備隨時談判.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The general held a parley with the enemy about exchanging prisoners.

將軍與敵人談判交換戰俘事宜.

來自辭典例句

4. Then he began to parley with me.

然後他開始跟我談判.

來自辭典例句

5. When warring families wanted to make peace and arrange a parley, the Bocchicchio clan was contacted.

當各交戰家族想要講和,並想安排會談的時候,就要先同卜啟丘家族接洽.

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