mediate學測 L6KK [ˈmidiˌet] ｜ /ˈmidiˌeɪt/
調解；斡旋·居中協調；作為中介
學測愛考的「第三方介入」動詞
The teacher stood between the two boys and mediated their argument until they shook hands.
老師站在兩個男孩中間，居中調解他們的爭執，直到兩人握手言和。
一個畫面：居中傳話
站中間站在雙方之間，不偏任一邊
傳話把一方的話帶到另一方耳裡
促成協議幫雙方談出都能接受的結果
義項
教室調解C2verb調解；斡旋
When the two students argued over a seat, their teacher offered to mediate.
當兩位同學為了搶座位吵架時，老師主動提議出面調解。
mediate a disputemediate a conflict
翻譯傳話C2verb居中協調；作為中介
A translator can mediate between two speakers who use different languages.
翻譯員可以居中傳話，讓使用不同語言的兩位講者互相溝通。
mediate between two sidesmediate between countries
片語
mediate a dispute居中排解 →居中協調糾紛
mediate a settlement促成和解 →居中促成和解協議
mediate between two sides居中協調 →在雙方之間協調溝通
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The two countries agreed to ___ their conflict through a neutral third party. (mediate / meditate)
看答案
mediate
mediate 指調解糾紛，meditate 指靜坐冥想，兩字只差一個字母。
「A translator can mediate between two speakers.」這句中的 mediate 最接近哪個意思？(A) 調解糾紛 (B) 居中傳達溝通
看答案
(B)
此句在說翻譯幫兩人溝通，並非在化解爭執，對應「居中協調」的用法。
字族
mediation 調解；斡旋・mediator 調解人；仲裁者