horse-trading
noun[U]
oftendisapprovinguk/ˈhɔːsˌtreɪ.dɪŋ/us/ˈhɔːrsˌtreɪ.dɪŋ/unofficialdiscussionin whichpeoplemakeagreementsthatprovidebothsideswithadvantages:
（私下里进行的对双方都有好处的）讨价还价There's been a lot ofpoliticalhorse-trading while thepartiestrytoformagovernment.那些政党在组建政府期间私下里进行了多次讨价还价。
Debate & discussion
- agent provocateur
- bargainer
- bat
- bat around
- broker
- closure
- cloture
- consult
- dialogue
- discursive
- parley
- polemic
- polemical
- post-debate
- powwow
- provocateur
- re-explore
- reason withsomeone
- special pleading
- talk turkeyidiom