compensate的意思

基本释义

• v 补偿，赔偿

  to pay someone money because they have suffered injury, loss, or damage

例句

1. the government’s promise to compensate victims of the flood

   政府对水灾灾民给予补偿的许诺

2. The firm will compensate workers for their loss of earnings.

   公司将补偿工人的收入损失。

3. A baseball player who is not a speedy runner can compensate by powerful hitting.

   跑动速度不快的棒球手可以凭有力的击球来弥补。

短语

• compensate for 赔偿，补偿
• give (sth) to make up for loss
• compensate for sth
• compensate sb for sth/v-ing

近义词

英英释义

verb 1. make payment to compensate e.g. My efforts were not remunerated Synonym: recompenseremunerate 2. make amends for pay compensation for e.g. One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident Synonym: recompense, repair, indemnify 3. do or give something to somebody in return e.g. Does she pay you for the work you are doing? Synonym: paypay offmake up 4. make reparations or amends for e.g. right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust Synonym: rightredresscorrect 5. adjust for e.g. engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance Synonym: counterbalance, correct, make, upeven, outeven, offeven, up 6. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities e.g. he is compensating for being a bad father Synonym: coverover compensate

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