每天三分钟学英语 第454期:英文"妥协"怎么说?

 ① Make compromises¹
妥协

Marriage involves being tolerant² and making compromises.
婚姻涉及到容忍和妥协。

We made a lot of compromises for each other.
我们为彼此做了很多妥协。

② Come to an agreement
达成一致

We need to come to an agreement or else we'll both suffer.
我们需要达成一致，否则我们两个会两败俱伤。

They finally came to an agreement about who can use the car on weekends.
他们终于就谁可以在周末用车达成了一致。

③ Come to terms
达成一致

My boss and I came to terms about my raise at the last meeting.
在最后一次会议上我和老板就加薪达成了一致。

We came to terms about what to do with the dog. We're gonna give him to my mom.
我们对于如何处理狗狗达成了一致。我们会把它送给我妈妈。

④ Meet in the middle
妥协，各退一步

How about we meet in the middle.
我们各退一步吧。

You have to meet me in the middle here if you want this deal to go through.
如果你想让这个交易顺利进行，你就得跟我各退一步。

They just couldn't meet us in the middle so the deal fell through.
他们就是不肯妥协，所以交易失败了。

⑤ Find some middle ground
妥协

Let's find some middle ground first and then we can talk from there.
咱们先找到我们都能接受的中间立场，然后在从那里开始谈。

You two need to find some middle ground for your relationship to work.
为了你们的恋爱关系能继续下去，你们需要找到你们都能接受的中间立场。

1 compromises   

n.妥协( compromise的名词复数 )；（名誉等的）损害；妥协（或折中）方案；折中物

参考例句：

• The new design compromises the merits of Chinese and Western styles. 这个新设计融合了中西式的优点。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Again, we may make compromises and fall between two stools. 我们可能再一次采取妥协办法，但结果是两头落空。 来自辞典例句

2 tolerant   

adj.容忍的，有耐力的

参考例句：

• She's tolerant toward those impudent colleagues.她对那些无礼的同事采取容忍的态度。
• A tolerant person usually has breadth of mind.有宽容精神的人通常胸襟开阔。