haggle
verb [intransitive, transitive]to argue with somebody in order to reach an agreement, especially about the price of something 争论;(尤指)讲价 - haggle over/about something
I left him in the market haggling over the price of a shirt. 我扔下他自己在市场上就一件衬衫讨价还价。 - haggle with somebody over/about something
We spent a long time haggling with the authorities over our visas. 我们花了很长时间与当局就我们的签证讨价还价。 - haggle something
You can sometimes haggle a good discount. 有时候可以砍价打个好折扣。 - haggle something down (to something)
I managed to haggle the price down to something more reasonable. 我设法把价格砍到更合理的水平。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘hack, mangle’): from Old Norse hǫggva ‘hew’.- haggle over/about something