compensate
英 ['kɒmpenseɪt]
美['kɑmpɛnset]
- vi. 补偿，赔偿；抵消
- vt. 补偿，赔偿；付报酬
词态变化
第三人称单数: compensates;过去式: compensated;过去分词: compensated;现在分词: compensating;形容词: compensatory;
助记提示
1、com- "with" + pens- "weigh" + -ate.
2、字面含义为：weigh one thing (against another); 引申为：to counterbalance, to be equivalent.
2、字面含义为：weigh one thing (against another); 引申为：to counterbalance, to be equivalent.
中文词源
compensate 补偿
com-, 强调。-pend, 悬垂，称量，词源同pendulum, pound. 即称量使对等的，补偿。
英英释意
- 1. adjust or make up for;
- "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
- 2. 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"
- 3. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities;
- "he is compensating for being a bad father"
- 4. make reparations or amends for;
- "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
- 5. do or give something to somebody in return;
- "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
- 6. make payment to; compensate;
- "My efforts were not remunerated"
英文词源
- compensate
- compensate: see ponder
- compensate (v.)
- 1640s, "to be equivalent;" 1650s, "to counterbalance, make up for," from Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare "to weigh one thing (against another)," thus, "to counterbalance," from com- "with" (see com-) + pensare, frequentative of pendere "to weigh" (see pendant). Meaning "to recompense, remunerate" is from 1814. Related: Compensated; compensating.
考试真题
- It forces the customer to compensate the waiter.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensate.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
- That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compensate for later on.
2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- One main factor that has driven up medical expenses is that doctors are compensated for the amount of care rather than its effect.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- Broadly, the deal provides a mechanism for Google to compensate authors and publishers whose rights it has breached (including giving them a share of any future revenue it generates from their works).
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- it is willing to compensate the copyright holders
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- To compensate for the fast-shrinking labour force, Japan would need large numbers of immigrants from overseas.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
- Even if they get online traffic, they struggle to make enough money online to compensate for what they are losing offline.
2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- For this scheme to work, the government must provide wage subsidies to compensate for lost pay due to the shorter hours.
2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B
- The Internet can help make up for our mental and emotional deficiencies as a wooden leg can compensate for a bodily deficiency.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- But compensating on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week, a recent study found.
2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文
- Other people can help us compensate for our mental and emotional deficiencies, much as a wooden leg can compensate for a physical deficiency.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文
- The fund will also be used to compensate landowners who set aside habitat.
2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Work by tina Malti, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto, suggests that guilt may compensate for an emotional deficiency.
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- He received a compensatory payment of $20 000.
- 他获得了2万元的赔偿金。
牛津词典
- Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.
- 失去心爱的人是无法补偿的。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We agree to compensate you for the defective watches by 5 % of the total value.
- 我方同意赔偿贵方总价值的5%来补偿劣质手表.
期刊摘选
- The Japanese Company agreed to compensate us for the defective watches by 4 % of the total value.
- 日本一家公司同意就手表不精确向我们赔偿总价值的百分之四.
期刊摘选
- We understand that we should compensate for the materials borrowed in case they have been damaged.
- 本机构明白,各项物品在借用期间如有任何损毁,借用机构需要作出赔偿.
期刊摘选
- Posts will not compensate for other loss or indirect loss.
- 对其他损失或间接损失,邮政部门不承担赔偿责任.
期刊摘选
- Freyssinet flat jacks may be required to compensate for distortions arising from creep and shrinkage.
- 弗涅新奈氏扁千斤顶可用以调整收缩与徐变产生的变形.
辞典例句
- Your side must compensate us for our loss.
- 你方必须赔偿我们的损失.
期刊摘选
- Chapter 3 measure an error margin analysis for the curved face super voice and compensate.
- 第三章为曲面超声测量误差分析与补偿.
期刊摘选
- ETS will also compensate transport costs because of atexamination room based on reasonable records.
- ETS也将根据合理记录对考生因往返考场而发生的交通费用进行补偿.
期刊摘选
- If disobeying this, contractor has right to pursue client to compensate relative loss due to it.
- 如违反本条款, 承包人有权要求发包人赔偿相应的经济损失.
期刊摘选
- Many firms compensate their workers if they are hurt at work.
- 许多公司在工人受工伤时给予赔偿.
期刊摘选
- Often buffer is needed to compensate for differences in speed of two interconnected devices.
- 通常在接驳两个设备时,就需要它来补偿两者间速度的差别.
期刊摘选
- She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence.
- 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足.
《简明英汉词典》
- To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.
- 为了补偿他住院期间的不愉快的经历, 这个人喝多了一点酒.
《用法词典》
- Nothing can compensate for losing my husband.
- 我失去丈夫的损失是无法弥补的.
《简明英汉词典》
- The firm must compensate you for your traveling costs.
- 这家公司必须偿付给你差旅费.
《简明英汉词典》
- Nothing can compensate for the loss of time.
- 虚度光阴是无法补偿的(光阴一去不复还).
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A baseball player who is not a speedy runner can compensate by powerful hitting.
- 跑步速度不快的棒球手可以凭有力的打击来弥补.
《简明英汉词典》