| 释义 |
honest broker  nounAn impartial mediator in international, industrial, or other disputes.And our role in the Middle East is to try to be the negotiator, the mediator, the honest broker, and to be able to work with both sides....- Israel has also achieved some success in winning a more friendly response from Russia, which is again seeking to challenge US domination of Middle Eastern affairs by offering itself as an honest broker between Israel and the Arab regimes.
- The negotiators of the initial tobacco settlement had chosen Myers as an honest broker who could represent the interests of the public-health community at the negotiating table.
Origin Late 19th century: translating German ehrlicher Makler with reference to Bismarck, Otto von, under whom Germany was united. |