compensate

英 [ˈkɒmpenseɪt]

美 [ˈkɑːmpenseɪt]

v.  补偿; 弥补; 给(某人)赔偿(或赔款)

过去分词：compensated　现在分词：compensating　第三人称单数：compensates　过去式：compensated　

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同义词辨析

compensateatoneredeem【导航词义：赔偿，弥补】

牛津词典

verb

• 补偿；弥补
  to provide sth good to balance or reduce the bad effects of damage, loss, etc.
  1. Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.
     失去心爱的人是无法补偿的。
• 给（某人）赔偿（或赔款）
  to pay sb money because they have suffered some damage, loss, injury, etc.
  1. Her lawyers say she should be compensated for the suffering she had been caused.
     她的律师说她应该为所遭受的痛苦得到赔偿。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 赔偿;补偿
  Tocompensatesomeoneformoney or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
  1. The official promise to compensate people for the price rise clearly hadn't been worked out properly...
     显然，官方对物价上涨进行补偿的承诺没有真正兑现。
  2. To ease financial difficulties, farmers could be compensated for their loss of subsidies.
     为了缓解经济困难，农场主们损失的补贴会得到补偿。
• VERB 弥补;补偿
  If youcompensate fora lack of something orforsomething you have done wrong, you do something to make the situation better.
  1. The company agreed to keep up high levels of output in order to compensate for supplies lost...
     这家公司同意保持高产量以弥补供货丢失带来的缺口。
  2. She would then feel guilt for her anger and compensate by doing even more for the children.
     之后她会因为自己发火而感到愧疚，会替孩子们做更多的事作为补偿。
• VERB 抵消
  Something thatcompensates forsomething else balances it or reduces its effects.
  1. MPs say it is crucial that a system is found to compensate for inflation...
     下议院的议员们说关键是要找到一种抵消通货膨胀影响的机制。
  2. The pluses more than compensated for the inconveniences involved in making the trip.
     各种有利因素大大抵消了出行过程中的种种不便。
• VERB 弥补(过失或不足)
  If you try tocompensate forsomething that is wrong or missing in your life, you try to do something that removes or reduces the harmful effects.
  1. People who sense that they are inferior have to compensate, and often over-compensate by way of outward achievement.
     觉得自卑的人只有通过外在的成就来弥补自己的不足，但往往都做过了头。
  2. No supportive words could ever compensate for the pain of being separated from her children for 10 years.
     任何表示支持的言语都无法弥补与孩子们分开10年带给她的痛苦。

英英释义

verb

• make payment to
  1. My efforts were not remunerated
  Synonym:recompenseremunerate
• make amends for
  1. One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
  2. She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
  Synonym:recompenserepairindemnify
• do or give something to somebody in return
  1. Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
  Synonym:paypay offmake up
• make reparations or amends for
  1. right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
  Synonym:rightredresscorrect
• adjust for
  1. engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
  Synonym:counterbalancecorrectmake upeven outeven offeven up
• make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
  1. he is compensating for being a bad father
  Synonym:coverovercompensate

双语例句

• He did not have the means to compensate her.
  他没有钱来补偿她。
• We will compensate you for them.
  我们会补偿你在这批货中的损失。
• To compensate for this side-effect, we have developed a real time alignment monitoring and feedback controlled system.
  为补偿这个副效应，开发了一个实时光学对准监控和反馈系统。
• And Japan will have to compensate us accordingly.
  日本将因此对我们进行赔偿。
• Besides, feedback compensation is used to compensate the irregular disturbance in the system.
  同时，针对空调系统中可能出现较大非规律性扰动，采取了反馈补偿的措施。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health.
  失去健康是无法补偿的。
• Can see, manage compensate and be or get out of danger are a coherent process actually.
  可以看出，理赔和出险实际上是一个连贯的过程。
• The hospital staff were very apologetic but that couldn't really compensate
  医院的工作人员深表歉意，但这真的于事无补。
• A dynamic friction compensation method is proposed to compensate the system friction force.
  最后，论文对摩擦力动态补偿方法进行了试验研究。
• The official promise to compensate people for the price rise clearly hadn't been worked out properly
  显然，官方对物价上涨进行补偿的承诺没有真正兑现。