释义 |
▪ I. compromising, vbl. n.|ˈkɒmprəmaɪzɪŋ| The action of the verb compromise.
1676Marvell Mr. Smirke K iij, Towards the Compromising of those differences. ▪ II. ˈcompromising, ppl. a. That compromises.
a1850J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1874) II. 6 A compromising spirit, always ready to yield a part to save the residue. 1883Athenæum 22 Dec. 817/3 The offending sheet was cancelled and another substituted, omitting the compromising words. Hence ˈcompromisingly adv.
1888N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 200 He touched it coarsely..but not compromisingly—with unmistakable condemnation. |