| 单词 | compromise |
| 释义 | compromise (once / 235 pages) 1nv 2v A compromise is a way of settling differences by everybody making concessions. If you want to stay out until 10 and your friend wants to stay out until midnight, 11 is a good compromise. Compromise comes from the Latin compromissum, which means "mutual promise." It can be a noun or a verb. If you compromise with your lab partner over how to analyze the experimental data, you find the middle ground between your two ideas. Compromise can also mean to erode or diminish. If you never repair your brakes, you will compromise the safety of the car. If you cheat, you compromise your integrity. WORD FAMILYcompromise: compromised, compromiser, compromises, compromising+/compromiser: compromisers/compromising: compromisingly, uncompromising/uncompromising: uncompromisingly USAGE EXAMPLESTrump may become our president, but this doesn’t mean we need to compromise our health, especially that of our children. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The results are seen in partisan votes and an unwillingness to compromise. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Or maybe there’s a way to find compromise. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n an accommodation in which both sides make concessions the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual' Exp|Hyper Missouri Compromise an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories accommodation a settlement of differences 2n a middle way between two extremes Syn|Hyper via media cooperation joint operation or action 3v make a compromise; arrive at a compromise we all must compromise Hypo|Hyper give and take make mutual concessions agree achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose 4v settle by concession 2Hyper determine, settle, square off, square up settle conclusively; come to terms v expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy Hyper endanger, expose, peril, queer, scupper put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position |
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