| 单词 | compromising |
| 释义 | compromising (once / 1192 pages) 1adj 2adj Something that's compromising makes you vulnerable to being embarrassed or incriminated in some way. If your teacher knows compromising information about you, you might want to ask someone else to write your college recommendation letter. It's common for the adjective compromising to describe the noun situation. If your neighbor gets hit with a water balloon and looks up to see you leaning out of your window with another balloon in your hand, that's a compromising situation for you — it makes you look suspicious. Another way to use compromising is to mean "willing to compromise." It would be compromising of you to agree on pizza for dinner, even though you had your heart set on lasagna. WORD FAMILYcompromising: compromisingly, uncompromising+/compromise: compromised, compromiser, compromises, compromising/compromiser: compromisers/uncompromising: uncompromisingly USAGE EXAMPLESMacedonia’s domestic political crisis began in February 2015 when the Social Democrats began releasing a trove of compromising wiretaps. Economist(Dec 12, 2016) He also wrote that restraining West in a prone position while compromising his breathing is “the main cause of his demise.” Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) Hospitals say a stand-alone repeal would cost them billions, compromising their ability to serve local communities. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) 1 adj making or willing to make concessions 2loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet Syn|Ant conciliatory, flexible yielding tending to give in or surrender or agree inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising not making concessions hard-line, hardlinefirm and uncompromising adj vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion she found herself in a compromising situation Syn vulnerable susceptible to attack |
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