compensate
英 ['kɒmpenseɪt]
美 ['kɑmpɛnset]
- vi. 補償，賠償；抵消
- vt. 補償，賠償；付報酬
助記提示
1、com- "with" + pens- "weigh" + -ate.
2、字麵含義為：weigh one thing (against another); 引申為：to counterbalance, to be equivalent.
中文詞源
compensate 補償com-, 強調。-pend, 懸垂，稱量，詞源同pendulum, pound. 即稱量使對等的，補償。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The hospital staff were very apologetic but that couldn't really compensate.
- 醫院的工作人員深表歉意，但這真的於事無補。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He did not have the means to compensate her.
- 他沒有錢來補償她。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.
- 失去心愛的人是無法補償的。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence.
- 她利用她漂亮的外表來彌補智力的不足.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The firm must compensate you for your traveling costs.
- 這家公司必須償付給你差旅費.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》