
compensate基本信息
读法:英 ["kɒmpenseɪt] 美 ["kɑmpɛnset]
释义:
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英英释义
Verb:
"She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
中英词源
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。Www.WEnTiYi.COM
- 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.
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;
权威造句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He did not have the means to compensate her.
- 他没有钱来补偿她。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.
- 失去心爱的人是无法补偿的。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The firm must compensate you for your traveling costs.
- 这家公司必须偿付给你差旅费.
来自《简明英汉词典》
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
暂无,等待补充.
记忆方法
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.
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