单词 | compromised |
释义 | compromisedadj.ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 77 When Laban and himselfe were compremyzd That all the eanelings which were streakt and pied Should fall as Iacobs hier. View more context for this quotation b. Subjected to, arranged or modified by, compromise. ΚΠ 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 189 A kind of compromised explosion, like that of damp fireworks. c. Exposed to risk, danger, or discredit; damaged in reputation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [adjective] > exposed to discredit compromised1844 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xviii. 315 Telling him..how deeply I was ‘compromised’..by my contact with a person..since dead of Plague. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xv. 269 The Emperor..disowned his compromised minister in London. d. That has been in contact with infectious disease. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > contagious > affected by contagion contagious1584 contagioned1825 compromised1844 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen i. 2 We walked down to the precincts of the Quarantine Establishment, and here awaited us a ‘compromised’ officer of the Austrian Government. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1600 |
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