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Compromise Abide Arbiter's 4697.Compromise 英 Kɒmprəmaɪz]美 Kɑmprəmaɪz 释义

正面 4697.compromise
英 ['kɒmprəmaɪz]美 ['kɑmprəmaɪz]

背面
释义:
vt. 妥协;危害vi. 妥协;让步n. 妥协,和解;折衷
例句:
1. Mr Clarke has shown himself to be resolutely opposed to compromise.克拉克先生已表示自己坚决反对妥协。

1、juris- + dict- + -ion.2、字面含义为:administration of justice.
compromise 妥协com-, 强调。-promise, 承诺。即相互承诺的,互退一步相互有所妥协的。
compromise (n.)early 15c., "a joint promise to abide by an arbiter's decision," from Middle French compromis (13c.), from Latin compromissus, past participle of compromittere "to make a mutual promise" (to abide by the arbiter's decision), from com- "together" (see com-) + promittere (see promise). The main modern sense of "a coming to terms" is from extension to the settlement itself (late 15c.).compromise (v.)mid-15c., from compromise (n.). Related: Compromised; compromising."

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