Amends
[ə'men(d)z] or [ə'mɛndz]
解釋/意思:
(n. sing. & pl.) Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
凯西整理
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Compensation (for loss or injury), recompense, indemnification, indemnity, reparation, restitution, redress, atonement, satisfaction.
以利沙整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:compensation, satisfaction, acknowledgment, atonement, expiation, recompense,indemnity, remuneration, apology, reparation, restitution
ANT:Insult, fault, offense, injury
贝丽尔整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Her idea was my refuge in disappointment and distress, and made some amends to me, even for the loss of my friend. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It seems to me, after maturely thinking it over, that the best amends for having got out of the square is to get back into the square. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- This was the way I brought myself to think, mother, that my best amends was to lie upon that bed I had made, and die upon it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- At that instant, she felt that years of happiness could not make Jane or herself amends for moments of such painful confusion. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I told the gentleman at first, when he told me upstairs it was come to light, that I would answer for your being umble, and making amends. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I would rather do without something for ourselves, to make some amends to my poor brother's family. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- My sex owes you every amends for the treatment you received in days gone by. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The best kind of amends then for having gone away is to keep away, in my opinion. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- And I don't believe in any pay to make amends for bringing a lot of ruffians to trample your crops. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Her captor alone could cheer her; his society only could make amends for the lost privilege of liberty. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But your homely fare is before you; feed, and let welcome make amends for hard fare. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- As the best amends I can make you for having ever gone into it, I make known to you, as a warning, what Wegg has found out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Hereafter I will make amends for delay by candour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Not even to try to make some amends? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
校對:克劳斯