compromise

英 ['kɒmprəmaɪz] 美['kɑmprəmaɪz]

• vt. 妥协；危害
• vi. 妥协；让步
• n. 妥协，和解；折衷

1. a middle way between two extremes

2. an accommodation in which both sides make concessions;

"the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"