单词
compensate
英 ['kɒmpenseɪt]
美['kɑmpɛnset]
基本信息
- vi. 补偿，赔偿；抵消
- vt. 补偿，赔偿；付报酬
英英释意
- 1. adjust or make up for;
- "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
- 2. make amends for; pay compensation for;
- "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"
- 3. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities;
- "he is compensating for being a bad father"
- 4. make reparations or amends for;
- "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
- 5. do or give something to somebody in return;
- "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
- 6. make payment to; compensate;
- "My efforts were not remunerated"
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