学英语 35 Bargaining

Bargaining
杀价
Mum bargained for a windbreaker.
妈为了一件风衣在杀价。
She found the windbreaker too expensive.
她觉得那件风衣太贵了。
The windbreaker cost ten thousand NT dollars,it's really a rip-off.
那件风衣一万块，真是敲竹杠。
Mum haggled¹ with the sales woman.
However,the sales woman didn't budge².
My mun was getting very mad.
她和店员讨价还价,但那位店员不为所动，把我妈气个半死。

1 haggled   

v.讨价还价( haggle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The cook and the grocer haggled over the price of eggs. 厨师和杂货商为蛋价计较个没完。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• After they had haggled for some time, the two men decided to close the bargain. 那两个人经过一番讨价还价以后，决定成交。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 budge   

v.移动一点儿；改变立场

参考例句：

• We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.我们试图把大石头抬起来，但它连动都没动一下。
• She wouldn't budge on the issue.她在这个问题上不肯让步。