Compensate
['kɒmpenseɪt] or ['kɑmpɛnset]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make payment to; compensate; 'My efforts were not remunerated'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) adjust for; 'engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance'.
埃塞雷德編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
(v. t.) To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
(v. i.) To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
乔琳整理
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, make up for.[2]. Recompense, remunerate, reward.[3]. Requite, indemnify, reimburse, make amends to.
v. n. Atone, make compensation, make amends.
手打:托马斯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Atone, satisfy, remunerate, indemnity, reimburse, pay, requite, reward,recompense, make_amends_for
ANT:Defraud, deprive, cheat, dissatisfy, injure, damage
哈利整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to reward suitably: to make amends for: to recompense: to counterbalance.—n. Compensā′tion act of compensating: reward for service: amends for loss sustained: (phys.) the neutralisation of opposing forces.—adjs. Compen′sative Compen′satory giving compensation.—n. Com′pensātor one who or that which compensates.—Compensation balance pendulum a balance-wheel or pendulum so constructed as to counteract the effect of the expansion and contraction of the metal under variation of temperature.
丹整理
例句/造句/用法:
- The latter, in each case, has in its circuit a resistance, R, to compensate for the resistance of the main line, so that there shall be no inequalities in the circuits. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I was not studious in habit, and probably did not make progress enough to compensate for the outlay for board and tuition. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It is only by means of such exportation, that this surplus can acquired value sufficient to compensate the labour and expense of producing it. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Sincerely, then--what should you gain that would compensate for the possibility--the certainty--of a lot of beastly talk? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- It does not, however, seem to rise in proportion to it, or so as to compensate it completely. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The French, in the beginning of the last war, did not derive so much advantage from this expedient as to compensate the loss of the fashion. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He will feel highly honoured, and thus you may repay a part of the obligation I owe him, and compensate for the injuries fortune has done him. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- His loss was a severe one to Lee, and compensated in a great measure for the mishap, or misapprehensions, which had fallen to our lot during the day. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- My brothers were considerably younger than myself; but I had a friend in one of my schoolfellows, who compensated for this deficiency. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The damage to the enemy in this expedition more than compensated for the losses we sustained. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- From his mother he had received only a slight mulatto tinge, amply compensated by its accompanying rich, dark eye. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The smallness of the probability is compensated by the greatness of the evil; and the sensation is equally lively, as if the evil were more probable. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- His industry and independence of character were such, that I imagine his labor compensated fully for the expense of his maintenance. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- When these drops or particles become large enough, they fall to the earth as rain or snow, and in this way the earth is compensated for the great loss of moisture due to evaporation. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- In which compensating adjustment of their noses, they were pretty much like Treasury, Bar, and Bishop, and all the rest of them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Besides these there are the compensating resistances and condensers. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Its price, therefore, besides compensating all occasional losses, must afford something like the profit of insurance. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- What is called gross profit, comprehends frequently not only this surplus, but what is retained for compensating such extraordinary losses. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Like the rent of land, it is a neat produce, which remains, after completely compensating the whole risk and trouble of employing the stock. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The compensating resistances and condensers necessary for a duplex arrangement are shown in the diagram. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is the work of Nature which remains, after deducting or compensating every thing which can be regarded as the work of man. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- And the joy of this compensates for all the bitterness of knowledge and the sordidness of our humanity. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
整理:萨莎