英和和英

名詞

give and take (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) A process of compromise or accommodation.

   They hoped for an amicable solution, but both knew it would require some give and take.

   • 1966, Holland–Dozier–Holland (lyrics かつ music), “You Can't Hurry Love”, in Hello, I Must Be Going!‎^[1], published 1982, performed by Phil Collins:

     My mama said "you can't hurry love / No, you'll just have to wait" / She said "love don't come easy / But it's a game of give and take"

同意語

• accommodation, compromise, concession, flexibility

反意語

• inflexibility, rigidity, stubbornness

名詞

give-and-take (uncountable)

1. The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions.
2. A lively exchange of conversation.
   • 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 8:

     We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection, largely unmindful of institutional goals or language policies and politics, that one can best get a view of language vitality.