Restitution
[,restɪ'tjuːʃ(ə)n] or ['rɛstə'tʊʃən]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:塞格雷
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Restoration, return.[2]. Indemnification, reparation, recompense, amends, compensation, requital, remuneration, satisfaction.
手打:洛雷塔
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Restoration, return, indemnification, reparation, compensation, amends
ANT:Fraud, deprivation, wrong, robbery, abstraction, injury
編輯:诺拉
解釋/意思:
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.
乔茜錄入
娱乐性解釋/意思:
n. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest.
整理:佩吉
例句/造句/用法:
- Back came all the remainder of the émigrés with them, eager for restitution and revenge. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Make restitution! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- For example: You brought a divorce case, or a restitution case, into the Consistory. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Duty on earth, restitution on earth, action on earth; these first, as the first steep steps upward. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Make restitution to an innocent and unoffending child, for such he is, although the offspring of a guilty and most miserable love. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- The divine tribunal had changed its aspect for him; self-prostration was no longer enough, and he must bring restitution in his hand. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Any compensation--restitution--never mind the word, you know my meaning. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
編輯:汤姆