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Compromise V Promise Abide Arbiter's Kɔmprəmaiz V.妥协;危害 英

单词 compromise
音标 ['kɔmprəmaiz]
解释 v.妥协;危害
红宝书 【英】 v. 妥协 (to settle by concessions);危害(to lay open to danger or disrepute)
【考】 implacable : compromise / honest : swindle(难以抚慰的不会妥协 /诚实的不会诈骗)mediation : compromise / prosecution : conviction(调停为了达成和解/ 起诉为了定罪)反义词:intransigen t(不妥协的)-open to compromise(寻求和解 的)
【记】 com+promise(保证) →相互保证→妥协,尤 其要注意'危害'一意
【例】 John felt compromised by what Jean had said about his friendship with the crimina
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 v. 妥协(双方互相让步解决分歧的方法); 危害(名誉)
【例】Such conduct will compromise my reputation 如此举动将会损害我的名誉. I would rather die than compromise 我宁死不屈.
【记】com共同, promise发誓: 停战妥协就是两个国家共同发誓不打仗的产物.
【类】implacable: compromise = honest: swindle难以抚慰的不会妥协 = 诚实的不会诈骗mediation: compromise = prosecution: conviction调停为了和解 = 起诉为了定罪
【反】intransigent(adj 不妥协的)-open to compromise(可以和解的); polemical(adj 辩论法的; 好辩的)-compromising(adj 妥协的)
趣味全助记 【记】com + promise 各方都允诺;妥协与折衷实际上各方受到损害的,因为都让步了

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