compensate
                
          英 ['k?mpense?t]
美 ['kɑmp?nset]
        
                
          
            - 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、字面含義為:weigh one thing (against another); 引申為:to counterbalance, to be equivalent.
                中文詞源
        
        compensate 補償com-, 強調(diào)。-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(yī)院的工作人員深表歉意,但這真的于事無補。
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?shù)摹?/dd> 來自《權(quán)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》