Compromise

(noun.) a middle way between two extremes.

(noun.) an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; 'the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual''.

(verb.) settle by concession.

(verb.) make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; 'nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise'.

(verb.) expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; 'The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy'.

校对:伊薇特

• We compromise her safety, perhaps, by staying here. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• That there are people whom it is necessary to detest without compromise. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• We made a compromise of everything. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• What kind of compromise would you recommend? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He agreed to this compromise, and if Caddy had ever been happy in her life, she was happy when we sat down to work. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• For the action was only just begun; and it wouldn't have done to let Mr. Pickwick compromise it then, even if he had been so disposed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I would rather compromise myself than compromise you. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It was the orthodox theology that the new scientific advances had compromised, but the angry theologians declared that it was religion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Lady Dedlock, here is a family name compromised. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• To speak truth, I compromised matters; I served two masters: I bowed down in the houses of Rimmon, and lifted the heart at another shrine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• You have compromised me by being seen about with me, endeavouring to counteract this Mr Eugene Wrayburn. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Not compromised. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• But this put me into such a tremble lest they should detain me there that she soon recalled her words and compromised for a rest of half an hour. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• You have compromised yourself seriously. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It is remarkable that her carelessness never compromises her refinement. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The Established Church of England is one of the most typical and successful of the resulting compromises. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• No; she was not made for mean and shabby surroundings, for the squalid compromises of poverty. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• And when one hears good talk one can join in it without compromising any opinions but one's own; or one can listen, and answer it inwardly. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Rosamond never committed a second compromising indiscretion. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And you can ask for it without compromising yourself? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I imagine her jealous of compromising her pride, of relinquishing her power, of sharing her property. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I was over-zealous in my younger time--I ran the risk of compromising myself and others. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• If Lady Glyde does know the Secret, she must know also that it is a compromising secret for you. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It is possible, my friend, that your ardour is a little compromising. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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