Restitution
[,restɪ'tjuːʃ(ə)n] or ['rɛstə'tʊʃən]
解释:
(noun.) getting something back again; 'upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing'.
(noun.) the act of restoring something to its original state.
贝茜手打--From WordNet
解释:
(v.) The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.
(v.) That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.
(v.) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.
(v.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.
编辑:塞格雷
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Restoration, return.[2]. Indemnification, reparation, recompense, amends, compensation, requital, remuneration, satisfaction.
手打:洛雷塔
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Restoration, return, indemnification, reparation, compensation, amends
ANT:Fraud, deprivation, wrong, robbery, abstraction, injury
编辑:诺拉
解释:
n. act of restoring what was lost or taken away: indemnification: making good: (law) the restoration of what a party had gained by a judgment.—v.t. Res′titūte (obs.) to restore.—adj. Res′titūtive.—n. Res′titūtor.
乔茜录入
娱乐性解释:
n. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest.
整理:佩吉
例句:
- Back came all the remainder of the émigrés with them, eager for restitution and revenge. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Make restitution! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- For example: You brought a divorce case, or a restitution case, into the Consistory. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Duty on earth, restitution on earth, action on earth; these first, as the first steep steps upward. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Make restitution to an innocent and unoffending child, for such he is, although the offspring of a guilty and most miserable love. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- The divine tribunal had changed its aspect for him; self-prostration was no longer enough, and he must bring restitution in his hand. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Any compensation--restitution--never mind the word, you know my meaning. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
编辑:汤姆