compromise /ˈkɔmprəmaiz/

compromise

1. reach an agreement in which everyone involved accepts less that what they wanted at first
2. do sth which is against your principles and which therefore seems dishonest or shameful
3. an agreement that is achieved after everyone involved accepts less than what they wanted at first,
   • or the act of making this agreement
4. a solution to a problem in which two things or situations are changed slightly so that they can exist together

Early 15c. [15世纪早期], "a joint promise to abide [履行; 遵守] by an arbiter's decision [仲裁人的决定]," from Old French compromis (13c.), from Late Latin compromissus, past participle [过去分词] of compromittere "to make a mutual [共同的] promise" (to abide by the arbiter's decision), from com "with, together" + promittere "to send forth; let go; foretell; assure beforehand, promise," from pro "before" + mittere "to release, let go; send, throw".

The sense of "a coming to terms, a settlement of differences by mutual concessions [让步]" (mid-15c.) is from extension to the settlement itself. The meaning "that which results from such an agreement" is from 1510s.

collaborate [from com- + laborare 'to work'], compound [from com- + ponere 'to put']和compromise的意思有相近之处：和谁together?

In international politics, the compromises most often discussed are usually regarded as nefarious [evil or criminal] deals with dictators, such as Neville Chamberlain's [张伯伦] appeasement of Adolf Hitler. Avishai Margalit calls these "rotten compromises."

In human relationships, "compromise" is frequently said to be an agreement with which no party is happy because the parties involved often feel that they either gave away too much or that they received too little. In the negative connotation [association], compromise may be referred to as capitulation [capitulate: give in; surrender], referring to a "surrender" of objectives, principles, or material, in the process of negotiating an agreement. Extremism is often considered as antonym to compromise, which, depending on context, may be associated with concepts of balance and tolerance.

COMPROMISING IN MARRIAGE: What to do & What to Avoid

VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (the Serbian [塞尔维亚语] name of VIKOR) means Multi Criteria Optimization and Compromise Solution. It is a multi criteria decision making (MCDM) method developed in 1990 by Serafim Opricovic to solve decision problems with conflicting criteria. This method ranks alternatives and determines the compromise solution that is the closest to the "ideal". criteria是criterion [(评判的)标准、尺度]的复数。Siberian: 西伯利亚的。

VIKOR简介及例题分析 | VIKOR and its Applications: A State-of-the-Art Survey

vicar - a priest in the Church of England who is in charge of a church in a particular area.

Vicar of Christ有时作教皇的称号。

六级/考研单词: compromise, thereby, shame, situate, abide, mutual, foretell, differentiate, collaborate, compound, seldom, appease, connotation, surrender, antonym, tolerate, criterion, rank, alternate, priest, christ