每天三分鐘學英語 第454期:英文"妥協"怎麼說?如何表達“情感”和“工作”中的妥協?

① Make compromises
妥協

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

We made a lot of compromises for each other.
我們爲彼此做了很多妥協。

② Come to an agreement
達成一致

We need to come to an agreement or else we'll both suffer.
我們需要達成一致，否則我們兩個會兩敗俱傷。

They finally came to an agreement about who can use the car on weekends.
他們終於就誰可以在週末用車達成了一致。

③ Come to terms
達成一致

My boss and I came to terms about my raise at the last meeting.
在最後一次會議上我和老闆就加薪達成了一致。

We came to terms about what to do with the dog. We're gonna give him to my mom.
我們對於如何處理狗狗達成了一致。我們會把它送給我媽媽。

④ Meet in the middle
妥協，各退一步

How about we meet in the middle.
我們各退一步吧。

You have to meet me in the middle here if you want this deal to go through.
如果你想讓這個交易順利進行，你就得跟我各退一步。

They just couldn't meet us in the middle so the deal fell through.
他們就是不肯妥協，所以交易失敗了。

⑤ Find some middle ground
妥協

Let's find some middle ground first and then we can talk from there.
咱們先找到我們都能接受的中間立場，然後在從那裏開始談。

You two need to find some middle ground for your relationship to work.
爲了你們的戀愛關係能繼續下去，你們需要找到你們都能接受的中間立場。