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to try to end a situation between two or more people or groups who disagree by talking to them and trying to find things that everyone can agree on 调停；调解；斡旋 - mediate (in something)
The Secretary-General was asked to mediate in the dispute. 秘书长被请来调解这次纷争。 🔊🔊 - mediate between A and B
An independent body was brought in to mediate between staff and management. 由一个独立机构介入，在劳资之间进行调解。 🔊🔊 Wilson tried to mediate between the European powers to end the war. 威尔逊试图在欧洲大国之间进行调停以结束战争。 - mediate something
to mediate differences/disputes/problems 调解分歧／争端／问题
- mediate (in something)
- [transitive] mediate something
to succeed in finding a solution to a problem between people or groups who disagree 找到（解决分歧的）方法；促成…的解决 They mediated a settlement. 他们找到了一个解决方案。 🔊🔊 The UN attempted to mediate a solution to the conflict. 联合国试图找到一个解决冲突的办法。
- [transitive, usually passive] (formal or specialist)
to influence something and/or make it possible for it to happen 影响…的发生；使…可能发生
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘interposed’): from late Latin mediatus ‘placed in the middle’, past participle of the verb mediare, from Latin medius ‘middle’.