1570s, "to cut unevenly, mangle in cutting" (implied in haggler "clumsy workman"), frequentative of haggen "to chop" (see hack (v.1)). Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c. 1600, probably from notion of chopping away. Related: Haggled; haggling.
实用例句
1. Don't be afraid to haggle: for the moment, it's a buyer's market.
别怕还价,现在是买方市场。
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2. Of course he'll still haggle over the price.
他一准还会杀价。
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3. She laughed again, enjoying the haggle.
她又大笑起来,享受着砍价的乐趣。
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4. Meanwhile, as the politicians haggle, the violence worsens.
在政客们大打嘴仗的同时,暴力事件愈演愈烈。
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5. In many countries you have to haggle before you buy anything.