Definition of mediate in English:

mediate

verb ˈmiːdɪeɪtˈmidiˌeɪt

1no object Intervene in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation.
调停；斡旋
Wilson attempted to mediate between the powers to end the war
威尔逊试图在各大国之间斡旋以结束战争。
Example sentencesExamples
- Consumer complaints will be investigated by a complaints officer, who will mediate between the consumer and the supplier to try and reach resolution.
- He says that the army and the police who mediate between the settlers and the villagers are no good.
- When, for example, a dispute arises between two lineages over access to a source of water, elders of a neutral lineage will travel to mediate between the warring groups.
- His cousin Charlie feels responsible and tries to mediate between Johnny Boy and Michael the loan shark.
- He was a member of John Smith's leadership team and his diplomatic skills were used to mediate between Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown at the height of their feud.
- I asked what attempt had been made to mediate between dissatisfied community members and the school staff and council.
- It was Spring who proposed the establishment of an international body to mediate between the parties.
- Their primary role is to mediate between the bosses and the workers.
- The Councillor has stepped in to mediate between the council and worried library-goers at a meeting due to take place on Tuesday.
- Public opinion in Europe strongly supported the Greek struggle and the governments of Britain, France, and Russia signed a protocol agreeing to mediate between the Greeks and Turks.
- While asked to mediate between the rival families of Lusignan and Angoulême, he married the Angoulême heiress Isabella, who had been betrothed to Hugh de Lusignan.
- Again, it was the patron's role to mediate between the artist and the press, ensuring a harmonious relationship on both sides.
- Meanwhile, the US is offering to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan after a border clash between the two last week.
- He is now attempting to mediate between the two sides.
- The tumult subsided only after the city's notables began to mediate between the two sides; as a final victory, the official was forced to offer a public apology.
- And Clinton told Indian lawmakers that Washington has no intention to mediate between India and Pakistan.
- The authority would then attempt to mediate between the two neighbours and find a compromise.
- She revealed that moves were afoot to send in a representative of the Irish Coastguard Service to mediate between the two sides in about two weeks time to sort out the situation.
- He tried to mediate between the factions.
- The licensing unit will mediate between the two parties if there are objections and appeals will be heard by a committee of councillors and, if the licence is still disputed, by magistrates.
Synonyms
resolve, settle, arbitrate in, umpire, reconcile, mend, clear up, patch up
1. 1.1with object Intervene in (a dispute) to bring about an agreement.
  调停；斡旋
  set up a tribunal to arbitrate and mediate disputes
  Example sentencesExamples
  He or she would administer a force of civilian peacekeepers for operations abroad and would work to mediate international conflicts.
  He also hoped, by keeping America neutral, to have an opportunity to mediate the conflict.
  The school has asked these 13 year olds to mediate disputes among students.
  This body consisted of an international list of arbitrators who would mediate disputes between states.
  The proposal was inspired by attempts to mediate a confrontation between travellers and residents in Westport in 2002.
  In the period of the post-war boom, it mediated the conflict between the classes.
  Its refusal to spell out a timetable for statehood or to offer the Palestinians any hope at all does not make the United States appear even-handed in mediating this conflict.
  If that fails, the principal mediates the conflict.
  He mediates arguments between the pilgrims and interjects his comments throughout the different tales.
  The UN's clout in mediating war has long been diminished.
  It will also mediate disputes and handle visits by people from each side.
  I've learned the best way to mediate these arguments is to let them develop into what they will.
  If they mediated disputes, they were again filling a gap.
  It had been a long day, and she honestly didn't want to mediate another squabble.
  The problem is that all this military capacity is flowing into a region which doesn't have many institutions to mediate conflict.
  There are 10 common mistakes adults make when mediating children's conflict.
  But in the meantime, we need someone to mediate disputes between vendors and researchers.
  With tensions running high, regional and national leaders were brought in to mediate the dispute.
  Secondly, it mediates disputes, striving to reach friendly settlements between complainants and governments.
  Her duties also included mediating information-sharing disputes between FBI intelligence and criminal agents.
  Synonyms
  resolve, settle, arbitrate in, umpire, reconcile, mend, clear up, patch up
2. 1.2with object Bring about (an agreement or solution) by intervening in a dispute.
  经调解而达成（解决方案等）
  efforts to mediate a peaceful resolution of the conflict
  为和平解决争端所做的调解努力。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The World Bank mediated a solution to the Indus River dispute, resulting in negotiation of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
  Hays attempted to resolve the growing school conflict by mediating an agreement between Faubus and the federal government.
  During the past eight years, several power-sharing arrangements have been mediated without long-term solutions.
  He tried to mediate a peaceful solution to the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s, and was instrumental in securing the Taif Accord of 1989.
  Political outcomes are dislocated from the intentions or hopes of individual politicians, as resolutions are mediated between dozens of players and hundreds of officials.
  Efforts to mediate and achieve peace by organisations including the United Nations ‘seem at best only to bring a brief respite from all-out fighting’.
  Peres said any solution would have to be mediated with Egypt, which has offered to send 750 border guards to the area to prevent weapons smuggling.
  The IRC, which under Abbott's regime has no right to mediate an agreement, has accused her of failing to bargain in good faith.
  He has also helped mediate peace talks in Burundi.
  Their unions have asked the Labor Ministry to mediate a solution to their back pay and wage demands.
  European leaders traveled to Kiev to mediate a political solution between the parties.
  The secretary of the Thai Olympic committee mediated an agreement where the athletes were to be reinstated.
  No other major power in history has expended so much diplomatic effort, over so many decades, to try to mediate peace among foreign nations.
  Prime Minister Tony Blair has aligned Britain with the US invasion plans, while attempting to mediate an agreement with the rest of the European Union.
  U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt mediated the treaty agreement and won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in creating the Treaty of Portsmouth.
  He was able to help mediate a solution to the problem of that time.
  Russia is part of the so-called quartet that is trying to mediate a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  In villages many problems are never reported to the police but are still settled by local custom and mutual agreement mediated by recognized leaders.
  There were his unsuccessful efforts in 1915 and 1916 to mediate a peace among the Great Powers.
  China's refusal to leave the reef has prompted the Philippines to ‘internationalize’ the issue, urging the United Nations to mediate a solution.
  Synonyms
  negotiate, bring about, effect, make happen
  rare effectuate
2technical with object Bring about (a result such as a physiological effect)
〈技〉引起，形成
the right hemisphere plays an important role in mediating tactile perception of direction
右脑在形成方向触觉感知方面起重要作用。
Example sentencesExamples
- Because no such effect has been detected on the protein-free DNA, we suppose that DNA-bound proteins mediate the formation of links.
- However, it is not immediately apparent why nontoxic particles might mediate their effects via their surface.
- These signals are sent via the chemical messenger serotonin, which is involved in mood regulation and in mediating the effects of the most widely prescribed antidepressants.
- Therefore, it is necessary to investigate factors that may facilitate or mediate these beneficial effects.
- Thus this study shows the critical importance of the serotonin system as well as the dopamine system in mediating cocaine's pleasurable effects.
Synonyms
arbitrate, conciliate, moderate, umpire, referee, act as peacemaker, reconcile differences, restore harmony, make peace, bring to terms, liaise
1. 2.1 Be a means of conveying.
  传递，传达
  this important ministry of mediating the power of the word
  这个传递语言力量的重要部门。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She, too, can give praise to the ‘God of Israel’ whose healing power has been mediated through an Israelite healer.
  In an alien environment, holding on to a meaningful life includes embracing icons, for they mediate power and provide powerful resources for connection and continuity.
  The process was mediated by the class structure, the role of the state, and the acquisition and use of power by professions.
  A more ethnographic approach would have shed some important light on how the Navajo community mediated the changes.
  Here we find a greater reliance upon the power of the church and this power is mediated by a very strange and special figure.
  Hence any communication mediated by an information infrastructure constitutes a transaction.
  Of course, organizations form part of wider power fields and, thus, mediate those power relations to engaged anthropologists and our collaborators.
  Focus on the power of Christ's speech, which is mediated through scripture and the witness of the Spirit.
  We can show how the resulting infrastructure mediates social power, and how activists can intervene in the process.
  GPCRs are involved in cell communication processes and in mediating such senses as vision, smell, taste, and pain.
  First, Mormons often assumed that the social meaning of material goods would both emerge from and be mediated by the local community.
  Synonyms
  convey, transmit, communicate, put across/over, impart, pass on, hand on, relate, reveal
2. 2.2 Form a link between.
  连接，沟通
  structures which mediate gender divisions
  能沟通性别分歧的组织机构。
  Example sentencesExamples
  However, the original focal site does not mediate the link between other sites and the language name.
  Here, the white ribbon is read as a robe that mediates structure and decoration and opens the building to other forms of signification.
  His claims, that there was a link between the MMR vaccine and autism that was mediated by inflammatory bowel disease, were first publicised in 1998.
  I am not happy with this linear story that branches out, this too-facile mapping of narrative over music, mediated by an imaginary structural diagram.
  Future work may identify explicit factors mediating the links between somatic and psychological symptoms.
  A competing, though less compelling, interpretation is that similarity mediates the link between liking and perceived intelligence.
  In contrast, Seng and others report that the causal link is indirect, mediated largely by run-away behavior.
  I'm not sure whether this syntactic habit is mediated by gender; it may be merely a consequence of ignorance.
  So far, several models have been proposed for structures mediating this transition.

adjective ˈmiːdɪətˈmidiət

Connected indirectly through another person or thing; involving an intermediate agency.
中介的，中间的
public law institutions are a type of mediate state administration
公法的设立是一种中介性的国家行政管理。

Derivatives

mediately

adverb ˈmiːdɪətli

We see the site of the sea near the castle mediately, through two taxi windows, and never get to see it in any detail.
Example sentencesExamples
- Aristotle says words express thoughts and thoughts represent things; so clearly words refer mediately to things by way of our mental conceptions: we talk about things in the way we know them.
- But a person cannot come directly to the life and experience, he must come mediately through the mind.
- In Alcock, Lord Oliver distinguished the case of the witness from that where ‘the injured plaintiff was involved, either mediately or immediately, as a participant’ in the traumatic event.
- The sceptical possibilities, and the threats they pose to our knowledge, depend upon our knowing things (if we do) mediately, through or by way of something else.

Origin

Late 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'.

Definition of mediate in US English:

mediate

verbˈmidiˌeɪtˈmēdēˌāt

1no object Intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation.
调停；斡旋
Wilson attempted to mediate between the powers to end the war
威尔逊试图在各大国之间斡旋以结束战争。
Example sentencesExamples
- He was a member of John Smith's leadership team and his diplomatic skills were used to mediate between Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown at the height of their feud.
- The authority would then attempt to mediate between the two neighbours and find a compromise.
- And Clinton told Indian lawmakers that Washington has no intention to mediate between India and Pakistan.
- Consumer complaints will be investigated by a complaints officer, who will mediate between the consumer and the supplier to try and reach resolution.
- While asked to mediate between the rival families of Lusignan and Angoulême, he married the Angoulême heiress Isabella, who had been betrothed to Hugh de Lusignan.
- His cousin Charlie feels responsible and tries to mediate between Johnny Boy and Michael the loan shark.
- The licensing unit will mediate between the two parties if there are objections and appeals will be heard by a committee of councillors and, if the licence is still disputed, by magistrates.
- Again, it was the patron's role to mediate between the artist and the press, ensuring a harmonious relationship on both sides.
- Meanwhile, the US is offering to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan after a border clash between the two last week.
- He says that the army and the police who mediate between the settlers and the villagers are no good.
- He tried to mediate between the factions.
- When, for example, a dispute arises between two lineages over access to a source of water, elders of a neutral lineage will travel to mediate between the warring groups.
- The tumult subsided only after the city's notables began to mediate between the two sides; as a final victory, the official was forced to offer a public apology.
- He is now attempting to mediate between the two sides.
- The Councillor has stepped in to mediate between the council and worried library-goers at a meeting due to take place on Tuesday.
- I asked what attempt had been made to mediate between dissatisfied community members and the school staff and council.
- It was Spring who proposed the establishment of an international body to mediate between the parties.
- Their primary role is to mediate between the bosses and the workers.
- Public opinion in Europe strongly supported the Greek struggle and the governments of Britain, France, and Russia signed a protocol agreeing to mediate between the Greeks and Turks.
- She revealed that moves were afoot to send in a representative of the Irish Coastguard Service to mediate between the two sides in about two weeks time to sort out the situation.
Synonyms
arbitrate, conciliate, moderate, umpire, referee, act as peacemaker, reconcile differences, restore harmony, make peace, bring to terms, liaise
1. 1.1with object Intervene in (a dispute) to bring about an agreement.
  调停；斡旋
  Example sentencesExamples
  It had been a long day, and she honestly didn't want to mediate another squabble.
  He mediates arguments between the pilgrims and interjects his comments throughout the different tales.
  The UN's clout in mediating war has long been diminished.
  If they mediated disputes, they were again filling a gap.
  Her duties also included mediating information-sharing disputes between FBI intelligence and criminal agents.
  He also hoped, by keeping America neutral, to have an opportunity to mediate the conflict.
  Its refusal to spell out a timetable for statehood or to offer the Palestinians any hope at all does not make the United States appear even-handed in mediating this conflict.
  The problem is that all this military capacity is flowing into a region which doesn't have many institutions to mediate conflict.
  If that fails, the principal mediates the conflict.
  This body consisted of an international list of arbitrators who would mediate disputes between states.
  Secondly, it mediates disputes, striving to reach friendly settlements between complainants and governments.
  There are 10 common mistakes adults make when mediating children's conflict.
  But in the meantime, we need someone to mediate disputes between vendors and researchers.
  The school has asked these 13 year olds to mediate disputes among students.
  In the period of the post-war boom, it mediated the conflict between the classes.
  I've learned the best way to mediate these arguments is to let them develop into what they will.
  He or she would administer a force of civilian peacekeepers for operations abroad and would work to mediate international conflicts.
  The proposal was inspired by attempts to mediate a confrontation between travellers and residents in Westport in 2002.
  With tensions running high, regional and national leaders were brought in to mediate the dispute.
  It will also mediate disputes and handle visits by people from each side.
  Synonyms
  resolve, settle, arbitrate in, umpire, reconcile, mend, clear up, patch up
2. 1.2with object Bring about (an agreement or solution) by intervening in a dispute.
  经调解而达成（解决方案等）
  efforts to mediate a peaceful resolution of the conflict
  为和平解决争端所做的调解努力。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He has also helped mediate peace talks in Burundi.
  The World Bank mediated a solution to the Indus River dispute, resulting in negotiation of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
  Efforts to mediate and achieve peace by organisations including the United Nations ‘seem at best only to bring a brief respite from all-out fighting’.
  The secretary of the Thai Olympic committee mediated an agreement where the athletes were to be reinstated.
  He tried to mediate a peaceful solution to the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s, and was instrumental in securing the Taif Accord of 1989.
  He was able to help mediate a solution to the problem of that time.
  Political outcomes are dislocated from the intentions or hopes of individual politicians, as resolutions are mediated between dozens of players and hundreds of officials.
  In villages many problems are never reported to the police but are still settled by local custom and mutual agreement mediated by recognized leaders.
  No other major power in history has expended so much diplomatic effort, over so many decades, to try to mediate peace among foreign nations.
  China's refusal to leave the reef has prompted the Philippines to ‘internationalize’ the issue, urging the United Nations to mediate a solution.
  The IRC, which under Abbott's regime has no right to mediate an agreement, has accused her of failing to bargain in good faith.
  During the past eight years, several power-sharing arrangements have been mediated without long-term solutions.
  Hays attempted to resolve the growing school conflict by mediating an agreement between Faubus and the federal government.
  There were his unsuccessful efforts in 1915 and 1916 to mediate a peace among the Great Powers.
  Prime Minister Tony Blair has aligned Britain with the US invasion plans, while attempting to mediate an agreement with the rest of the European Union.
  Peres said any solution would have to be mediated with Egypt, which has offered to send 750 border guards to the area to prevent weapons smuggling.
  European leaders traveled to Kiev to mediate a political solution between the parties.
  Their unions have asked the Labor Ministry to mediate a solution to their back pay and wage demands.
  U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt mediated the treaty agreement and won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in creating the Treaty of Portsmouth.
  Russia is part of the so-called quartet that is trying to mediate a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  Synonyms
  negotiate, bring about, effect, make happen
2technical with object Bring about (a result such as a physiological effect)
〈技〉引起，形成
the right hemisphere plays an important role in mediating tactile perception of direction
右脑在形成方向触觉感知方面起重要作用。
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus this study shows the critical importance of the serotonin system as well as the dopamine system in mediating cocaine's pleasurable effects.
- These signals are sent via the chemical messenger serotonin, which is involved in mood regulation and in mediating the effects of the most widely prescribed antidepressants.
- However, it is not immediately apparent why nontoxic particles might mediate their effects via their surface.
- Because no such effect has been detected on the protein-free DNA, we suppose that DNA-bound proteins mediate the formation of links.
- Therefore, it is necessary to investigate factors that may facilitate or mediate these beneficial effects.
Synonyms
arbitrate, conciliate, moderate, umpire, referee, act as peacemaker, reconcile differences, restore harmony, make peace, bring to terms, liaise
1. 2.1 Be a means of conveying.
  传递，传达
  this important ministry of mediating the power of the word
  这个传递语言力量的重要部门。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She, too, can give praise to the ‘God of Israel’ whose healing power has been mediated through an Israelite healer.
  Focus on the power of Christ's speech, which is mediated through scripture and the witness of the Spirit.
  Of course, organizations form part of wider power fields and, thus, mediate those power relations to engaged anthropologists and our collaborators.
  We can show how the resulting infrastructure mediates social power, and how activists can intervene in the process.
  First, Mormons often assumed that the social meaning of material goods would both emerge from and be mediated by the local community.
  Here we find a greater reliance upon the power of the church and this power is mediated by a very strange and special figure.
  A more ethnographic approach would have shed some important light on how the Navajo community mediated the changes.
  The process was mediated by the class structure, the role of the state, and the acquisition and use of power by professions.
  In an alien environment, holding on to a meaningful life includes embracing icons, for they mediate power and provide powerful resources for connection and continuity.
  GPCRs are involved in cell communication processes and in mediating such senses as vision, smell, taste, and pain.
  Hence any communication mediated by an information infrastructure constitutes a transaction.
  Synonyms
  convey, transmit, communicate, put across, put over, impart, pass on, hand on, relate, reveal
2. 2.2 Form a connecting link between.
  连接，沟通
  structures that mediate gender divisions
  能沟通性别分歧的组织机构。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm not sure whether this syntactic habit is mediated by gender; it may be merely a consequence of ignorance.
  Future work may identify explicit factors mediating the links between somatic and psychological symptoms.
  In contrast, Seng and others report that the causal link is indirect, mediated largely by run-away behavior.
  Here, the white ribbon is read as a robe that mediates structure and decoration and opens the building to other forms of signification.
  I am not happy with this linear story that branches out, this too-facile mapping of narrative over music, mediated by an imaginary structural diagram.
  His claims, that there was a link between the MMR vaccine and autism that was mediated by inflammatory bowel disease, were first publicised in 1998.
  However, the original focal site does not mediate the link between other sites and the language name.
  A competing, though less compelling, interpretation is that similarity mediates the link between liking and perceived intelligence.
  So far, several models have been proposed for structures mediating this transition.

adjectiveˈmēdēətˈmidiət

Connected indirectly through another person or thing; involving an intermediate agency.
中介的，中间的
public law institutions are a type of mediate state administration
公法的设立是一种中介性的国家行政管理。

Origin

Late 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’.

词汇	mediate
释义	Definition of mediate in English: mediate verb ˈmiːdɪeɪtˈmidiˌeɪt 1no object Intervene in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation. 调停；斡旋 Wilson attempted to mediate between the powers to end the war 威尔逊试图在各大国之间斡旋以结束战争。 Example sentencesExamples Consumer complaints will be investigated by a complaints officer, who will mediate between the consumer and the supplier to try and reach resolution. He says that the army and the police who mediate between the settlers and the villagers are no good. When, for example, a dispute arises between two lineages over access to a source of water, elders of a neutral lineage will travel to mediate between the warring groups. His cousin Charlie feels responsible and tries to mediate between Johnny Boy and Michael the loan shark. He was a member of John Smith's leadership team and his diplomatic skills were used to mediate between Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown at the height of their feud. I asked what attempt had been made to mediate between dissatisfied community members and the school staff and council. It was Spring who proposed the establishment of an international body to mediate between the parties. Their primary role is to mediate between the bosses and the workers. The Councillor has stepped in to mediate between the council and worried library-goers at a meeting due to take place on Tuesday. Public opinion in Europe strongly supported the Greek struggle and the governments of Britain, France, and Russia signed a protocol agreeing to mediate between the Greeks and Turks. While asked to mediate between the rival families of Lusignan and Angoulême, he married the Angoulême heiress Isabella, who had been betrothed to Hugh de Lusignan. Again, it was the patron's role to mediate between the artist and the press, ensuring a harmonious relationship on both sides. Meanwhile, the US is offering to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan after a border clash between the two last week. He is now attempting to mediate between the two sides. The tumult subsided only after the city's notables began to mediate between the two sides; as a final victory, the official was forced to offer a public apology. And Clinton told Indian lawmakers that Washington has no intention to mediate between India and Pakistan. The authority would then attempt to mediate between the two neighbours and find a compromise. She revealed that moves were afoot to send in a representative of the Irish Coastguard Service to mediate between the two sides in about two weeks time to sort out the situation. He tried to mediate between the factions. The licensing unit will mediate between the two parties if there are objections and appeals will be heard by a committee of councillors and, if the licence is still disputed, by magistrates. Synonyms resolve, settle, arbitrate in, umpire, reconcile, mend, clear up, patch up 1.1with object Intervene in (a dispute) to bring about an agreement. 调停；斡旋 set up a tribunal to arbitrate and mediate disputes Example sentencesExamples He or she would administer a force of civilian peacekeepers for operations abroad and would work to mediate international conflicts. He also hoped, by keeping America neutral, to have an opportunity to mediate the conflict. The school has asked these 13 year olds to mediate disputes among students. This body consisted of an international list of arbitrators who would mediate disputes between states. The proposal was inspired by attempts to mediate a confrontation between travellers and residents in Westport in 2002. In the period of the post-war boom, it mediated the conflict between the classes. Its refusal to spell out a timetable for statehood or to offer the Palestinians any hope at all does not make the United States appear even-handed in mediating this conflict. If that fails, the principal mediates the conflict. He mediates arguments between the pilgrims and interjects his comments throughout the different tales. The UN's clout in mediating war has long been diminished. It will also mediate disputes and handle visits by people from each side. I've learned the best way to mediate these arguments is to let them develop into what they will. If they mediated disputes, they were again filling a gap. It had been a long day, and she honestly didn't want to mediate another squabble. The problem is that all this military capacity is flowing into a region which doesn't have many institutions to mediate conflict. There are 10 common mistakes adults make when mediating children's conflict. But in the meantime, we need someone to mediate disputes between vendors and researchers. With tensions running high, regional and national leaders were brought in to mediate the dispute. Secondly, it mediates disputes, striving to reach friendly settlements between complainants and governments. Her duties also included mediating information-sharing disputes between FBI intelligence and criminal agents. Synonyms resolve, settle, arbitrate in, umpire, reconcile, mend, clear up, patch up 1.2with object Bring about (an agreement or solution) by intervening in a dispute. 经调解而达成（解决方案等） efforts to mediate a peaceful resolution of the conflict 为和平解决争端所做的调解努力。 Example sentencesExamples The World Bank mediated a solution to the Indus River dispute, resulting in negotiation of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty. Hays attempted to resolve the growing school conflict by mediating an agreement between Faubus and the federal government. During the past eight years, several power-sharing arrangements have been mediated without long-term solutions. He tried to mediate a peaceful solution to the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s, and was instrumental in securing the Taif Accord of 1989. Political outcomes are dislocated from the intentions or hopes of individual politicians, as resolutions are mediated between dozens of players and hundreds of officials. Efforts to mediate and achieve peace by organisations including the United Nations ‘seem at best only to bring a brief respite from all-out fighting’. Peres said any solution would have to be mediated with Egypt, which has offered to send 750 border guards to the area to prevent weapons smuggling. The IRC, which under Abbott's regime has no right to mediate an agreement, has accused her of failing to bargain in good faith. He has also helped mediate peace talks in Burundi. Their unions have asked the Labor Ministry to mediate a solution to their back pay and wage demands. European leaders traveled to Kiev to mediate a political solution between the parties. The secretary of the Thai Olympic committee mediated an agreement where the athletes were to be reinstated. No other major power in history has expended so much diplomatic effort, over so many decades, to try to mediate peace among foreign nations. Prime Minister Tony Blair has aligned Britain with the US invasion plans, while attempting to mediate an agreement with the rest of the European Union. U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt mediated the treaty agreement and won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in creating the Treaty of Portsmouth. He was able to help mediate a solution to the problem of that time. Russia is part of the so-called quartet that is trying to mediate a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In villages many problems are never reported to the police but are still settled by local custom and mutual agreement mediated by recognized leaders. There were his unsuccessful efforts in 1915 and 1916 to mediate a peace among the Great Powers. China's refusal to leave the reef has prompted the Philippines to ‘internationalize’ the issue, urging the United Nations to mediate a solution. Synonyms negotiate, bring about, effect, make happen rare effectuate 2technical with object Bring about (a result such as a physiological effect) 〈技〉引起，形成 the right hemisphere plays an important role in mediating tactile perception of direction 右脑在形成方向触觉感知方面起重要作用。 Example sentencesExamples Because no such effect has been detected on the protein-free DNA, we suppose that DNA-bound proteins mediate the formation of links. However, it is not immediately apparent why nontoxic particles might mediate their effects via their surface. These signals are sent via the chemical messenger serotonin, which is involved in mood regulation and in mediating the effects of the most widely prescribed antidepressants. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate factors that may facilitate or mediate these beneficial effects. Thus this study shows the critical importance of the serotonin system as well as the dopamine system in mediating cocaine's pleasurable effects. Synonyms arbitrate, conciliate, moderate, umpire, referee, act as peacemaker, reconcile differences, restore harmony, make peace, bring to terms, liaise 2.1 Be a means of conveying. 传递，传达 this important ministry of mediating the power of the word 这个传递语言力量的重要部门。 Example sentencesExamples She, too, can give praise to the ‘God of Israel’ whose healing power has been mediated through an Israelite healer. In an alien environment, holding on to a meaningful life includes embracing icons, for they mediate power and provide powerful resources for connection and continuity. The process was mediated by the class structure, the role of the state, and the acquisition and use of power by professions. A more ethnographic approach would have shed some important light on how the Navajo community mediated the changes. Here we find a greater reliance upon the power of the church and this power is mediated by a very strange and special figure. Hence any communication mediated by an information infrastructure constitutes a transaction. Of course, organizations form part of wider power fields and, thus, mediate those power relations to engaged anthropologists and our collaborators. Focus on the power of Christ's speech, which is mediated through scripture and the witness of the Spirit. We can show how the resulting infrastructure mediates social power, and how activists can intervene in the process. GPCRs are involved in cell communication processes and in mediating such senses as vision, smell, taste, and pain. First, Mormons often assumed that the social meaning of material goods would both emerge from and be mediated by the local community. Synonyms convey, transmit, communicate, put across/over, impart, pass on, hand on, relate, reveal 2.2 Form a link between. 连接，沟通 structures which mediate gender divisions 能沟通性别分歧的组织机构。 Example sentencesExamples However, the original focal site does not mediate the link between other sites and the language name. Here, the white ribbon is read as a robe that mediates structure and decoration and opens the building to other forms of signification. His claims, that there was a link between the MMR vaccine and autism that was mediated by inflammatory bowel disease, were first publicised in 1998. I am not happy with this linear story that branches out, this too-facile mapping of narrative over music, mediated by an imaginary structural diagram. Future work may identify explicit factors mediating the links between somatic and psychological symptoms. A competing, though less compelling, interpretation is that similarity mediates the link between liking and perceived intelligence. In contrast, Seng and others report that the causal link is indirect, mediated largely by run-away behavior. I'm not sure whether this syntactic habit is mediated by gender; it may be merely a consequence of ignorance. So far, several models have been proposed for structures mediating this transition. adjective ˈmiːdɪətˈmidiət Connected indirectly through another person or thing; involving an intermediate agency. 中介的，中间的 public law institutions are a type of mediate state administration 公法的设立是一种中介性的国家行政管理。 Derivatives mediately adverb ˈmiːdɪətli We see the site of the sea near the castle mediately, through two taxi windows, and never get to see it in any detail. Example sentencesExamples Aristotle says words express thoughts and thoughts represent things; so clearly words refer mediately to things by way of our mental conceptions: we talk about things in the way we know them. But a person cannot come directly to the life and experience, he must come mediately through the mind. In Alcock, Lord Oliver distinguished the case of the witness from that where ‘the injured plaintiff was involved, either mediately or immediately, as a participant’ in the traumatic event. The sceptical possibilities, and the threats they pose to our knowledge, depend upon our knowing things (if we do) mediately, through or by way of something else. Origin Late 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'. Definition of mediate in US English: mediate verbˈmidiˌeɪtˈmēdēˌāt 1no object Intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation. 调停；斡旋 Wilson attempted to mediate between the powers to end the war 威尔逊试图在各大国之间斡旋以结束战争。 Example sentencesExamples He was a member of John Smith's leadership team and his diplomatic skills were used to mediate between Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown at the height of their feud. The authority would then attempt to mediate between the two neighbours and find a compromise. And Clinton told Indian lawmakers that Washington has no intention to mediate between India and Pakistan. Consumer complaints will be investigated by a complaints officer, who will mediate between the consumer and the supplier to try and reach resolution. While asked to mediate between the rival families of Lusignan and Angoulême, he married the Angoulême heiress Isabella, who had been betrothed to Hugh de Lusignan. His cousin Charlie feels responsible and tries to mediate between Johnny Boy and Michael the loan shark. The licensing unit will mediate between the two parties if there are objections and appeals will be heard by a committee of councillors and, if the licence is still disputed, by magistrates. Again, it was the patron's role to mediate between the artist and the press, ensuring a harmonious relationship on both sides. Meanwhile, the US is offering to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan after a border clash between the two last week. He says that the army and the police who mediate between the settlers and the villagers are no good. He tried to mediate between the factions. When, for example, a dispute arises between two lineages over access to a source of water, elders of a neutral lineage will travel to mediate between the warring groups. The tumult subsided only after the city's notables began to mediate between the two sides; as a final victory, the official was forced to offer a public apology. He is now attempting to mediate between the two sides. The Councillor has stepped in to mediate between the council and worried library-goers at a meeting due to take place on Tuesday. I asked what attempt had been made to mediate between dissatisfied community members and the school staff and council. It was Spring who proposed the establishment of an international body to mediate between the parties. Their primary role is to mediate between the bosses and the workers. Public opinion in Europe strongly supported the Greek struggle and the governments of Britain, France, and Russia signed a protocol agreeing to mediate between the Greeks and Turks. She revealed that moves were afoot to send in a representative of the Irish Coastguard Service to mediate between the two sides in about two weeks time to sort out the situation. Synonyms arbitrate, conciliate, moderate, umpire, referee, act as peacemaker, reconcile differences, restore harmony, make peace, bring to terms, liaise 1.1with object Intervene in (a dispute) to bring about an agreement. 调停；斡旋 Example sentencesExamples It had been a long day, and she honestly didn't want to mediate another squabble. He mediates arguments between the pilgrims and interjects his comments throughout the different tales. The UN's clout in mediating war has long been diminished. If they mediated disputes, they were again filling a gap. Her duties also included mediating information-sharing disputes between FBI intelligence and criminal agents. He also hoped, by keeping America neutral, to have an opportunity to mediate the conflict. Its refusal to spell out a timetable for statehood or to offer the Palestinians any hope at all does not make the United States appear even-handed in mediating this conflict. The problem is that all this military capacity is flowing into a region which doesn't have many institutions to mediate conflict. If that fails, the principal mediates the conflict. This body consisted of an international list of arbitrators who would mediate disputes between states. Secondly, it mediates disputes, striving to reach friendly settlements between complainants and governments. There are 10 common mistakes adults make when mediating children's conflict. But in the meantime, we need someone to mediate disputes between vendors and researchers. The school has asked these 13 year olds to mediate disputes among students. In the period of the post-war boom, it mediated the conflict between the classes. I've learned the best way to mediate these arguments is to let them develop into what they will. He or she would administer a force of civilian peacekeepers for operations abroad and would work to mediate international conflicts. The proposal was inspired by attempts to mediate a confrontation between travellers and residents in Westport in 2002. With tensions running high, regional and national leaders were brought in to mediate the dispute. It will also mediate disputes and handle visits by people from each side. Synonyms resolve, settle, arbitrate in, umpire, reconcile, mend, clear up, patch up 1.2with object Bring about (an agreement or solution) by intervening in a dispute. 经调解而达成（解决方案等） efforts to mediate a peaceful resolution of the conflict 为和平解决争端所做的调解努力。 Example sentencesExamples He has also helped mediate peace talks in Burundi. The World Bank mediated a solution to the Indus River dispute, resulting in negotiation of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty. Efforts to mediate and achieve peace by organisations including the United Nations ‘seem at best only to bring a brief respite from all-out fighting’. The secretary of the Thai Olympic committee mediated an agreement where the athletes were to be reinstated. He tried to mediate a peaceful solution to the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s, and was instrumental in securing the Taif Accord of 1989. He was able to help mediate a solution to the problem of that time. Political outcomes are dislocated from the intentions or hopes of individual politicians, as resolutions are mediated between dozens of players and hundreds of officials. In villages many problems are never reported to the police but are still settled by local custom and mutual agreement mediated by recognized leaders. No other major power in history has expended so much diplomatic effort, over so many decades, to try to mediate peace among foreign nations. China's refusal to leave the reef has prompted the Philippines to ‘internationalize’ the issue, urging the United Nations to mediate a solution. The IRC, which under Abbott's regime has no right to mediate an agreement, has accused her of failing to bargain in good faith. During the past eight years, several power-sharing arrangements have been mediated without long-term solutions. Hays attempted to resolve the growing school conflict by mediating an agreement between Faubus and the federal government. There were his unsuccessful efforts in 1915 and 1916 to mediate a peace among the Great Powers. Prime Minister Tony Blair has aligned Britain with the US invasion plans, while attempting to mediate an agreement with the rest of the European Union. Peres said any solution would have to be mediated with Egypt, which has offered to send 750 border guards to the area to prevent weapons smuggling. European leaders traveled to Kiev to mediate a political solution between the parties. Their unions have asked the Labor Ministry to mediate a solution to their back pay and wage demands. U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt mediated the treaty agreement and won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in creating the Treaty of Portsmouth. Russia is part of the so-called quartet that is trying to mediate a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Synonyms negotiate, bring about, effect, make happen 2technical with object Bring about (a result such as a physiological effect) 〈技〉引起，形成 the right hemisphere plays an important role in mediating tactile perception of direction 右脑在形成方向触觉感知方面起重要作用。 Example sentencesExamples Thus this study shows the critical importance of the serotonin system as well as the dopamine system in mediating cocaine's pleasurable effects. These signals are sent via the chemical messenger serotonin, which is involved in mood regulation and in mediating the effects of the most widely prescribed antidepressants. However, it is not immediately apparent why nontoxic particles might mediate their effects via their surface. Because no such effect has been detected on the protein-free DNA, we suppose that DNA-bound proteins mediate the formation of links. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate factors that may facilitate or mediate these beneficial effects. Synonyms arbitrate, conciliate, moderate, umpire, referee, act as peacemaker, reconcile differences, restore harmony, make peace, bring to terms, liaise 2.1 Be a means of conveying. 传递，传达 this important ministry of mediating the power of the word 这个传递语言力量的重要部门。 Example sentencesExamples She, too, can give praise to the ‘God of Israel’ whose healing power has been mediated through an Israelite healer. Focus on the power of Christ's speech, which is mediated through scripture and the witness of the Spirit. Of course, organizations form part of wider power fields and, thus, mediate those power relations to engaged anthropologists and our collaborators. We can show how the resulting infrastructure mediates social power, and how activists can intervene in the process. First, Mormons often assumed that the social meaning of material goods would both emerge from and be mediated by the local community. Here we find a greater reliance upon the power of the church and this power is mediated by a very strange and special figure. A more ethnographic approach would have shed some important light on how the Navajo community mediated the changes. The process was mediated by the class structure, the role of the state, and the acquisition and use of power by professions. In an alien environment, holding on to a meaningful life includes embracing icons, for they mediate power and provide powerful resources for connection and continuity. GPCRs are involved in cell communication processes and in mediating such senses as vision, smell, taste, and pain. Hence any communication mediated by an information infrastructure constitutes a transaction. Synonyms convey, transmit, communicate, put across, put over, impart, pass on, hand on, relate, reveal 2.2 Form a connecting link between. 连接，沟通 structures that mediate gender divisions 能沟通性别分歧的组织机构。 Example sentencesExamples I'm not sure whether this syntactic habit is mediated by gender; it may be merely a consequence of ignorance. Future work may identify explicit factors mediating the links between somatic and psychological symptoms. In contrast, Seng and others report that the causal link is indirect, mediated largely by run-away behavior. Here, the white ribbon is read as a robe that mediates structure and decoration and opens the building to other forms of signification. I am not happy with this linear story that branches out, this too-facile mapping of narrative over music, mediated by an imaginary structural diagram. His claims, that there was a link between the MMR vaccine and autism that was mediated by inflammatory bowel disease, were first publicised in 1998. However, the original focal site does not mediate the link between other sites and the language name. A competing, though less compelling, interpretation is that similarity mediates the link between liking and perceived intelligence. So far, several models have been proposed for structures mediating this transition. adjectiveˈmēdēətˈmidiət Connected indirectly through another person or thing; involving an intermediate agency. 中介的，中间的 public law institutions are a type of mediate state administration 公法的设立是一种中介性的国家行政管理。 Origin Late 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’.
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