| Change log entry 40810 | |
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| Processed by: | richwarm (2012-04-11 20:37:41 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 39864 - submitted by 'slacka' >> Yes, to bargain is too soft and does not comprise the full meaning of 杀价, but to beat down a price sounds awkward and too literal. I think to hard bargain is much more natural definition. Good catch on it being used from the seller's perspective! Editor: It doesn't sound at all "awkward and too literal" to me; nor, presumably, to the native English-speaking editor who wrote the definition originally. It's in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary, for example ~ "beat somebody/something down (to something) to persuade somebody to reduce the price at which they are selling something He wanted $8000 for the car but I beat him down to $6000. I beat down the price to $6000." http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/beat_1 Also ~ beat down = 1 ... 2 to (force to) lower a price by bargaining "We beat the price down" "We beat him down to a good price." http://www.thefreedictionary.com/beat Lots of Web examples ~ "After finding a cheap sub willing to quote a price, they try to beat the price down even further." http://www.servicemagicproconnection.com/getting-quotes-from-other-contractors/ etc. Moreover, "drive a hard bargain" often refers to the seller *refusing* to lower the price, whereas we are aiming for the sense where the *buyer* is forcing the price down. |
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# - 殺價 杀价 [sha1 jia4] /to beat down the price/to haggle/to slash one's prices/ # + 殺價 杀价 [sha1 jia4] /to drive a hard bargain/to haggle/to slash one's prices/ |