单词 | compromise |
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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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