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compromise

/ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz/· verb

科技/科学C1

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Chinese meaning

损害；削弱（此处为动词，非「妥协」义）

达dá成chéng妥tuǒ协xié；各gè让ràng一yī步bù

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严yán重zhòng损sǔn害hài、干gān扰rǎo望wàng远yuǎn镜jìng的de观guān测cè能néng力lì

Example

Astronomers are deeply worried that a planned array of 50,000 mirror-bearing satellites in orbit will severely compromise telescopes.

天文学家深感担忧：一项计划发射5万颗携带镜面的卫星组成阵列的项目，将严重损害望远镜的观测能力。

Source: Nature

Background ✎

初chū创chuàng公gōng司sī拟nǐ发fā射shè5万wàn颗kē镜jìng面miàn卫wèi星xīng助zhù力lì绿lǜ色sè能néng源yuán，天tiān文wén学xué家jiā担dān忧yōu此cǐ举jǔ将jiāng严yán重zhòng干gān扰rǎo望wàng远yuǎn镜jìng观guān测cè。

Roots · etymology

源自拉丁 com-(共同) + promittere(承诺)

  • com-(共同) + promittere(承诺)

Collocations

  • severely compromise / compromise security / compromise a system

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