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单词 compensate
释义
compensate
verb
uk
/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/us
/ˈkɑːm.pən.seɪt/

compensateverb(PAY MONEY)

C1[T]
topaysomeonemoneyinexchangefor something that has beenlostordamagedor for someproblem:
赔偿；补偿
Victims of thecrashwill be compensatedfortheirinjuries.车祸的受害者会得到伤害赔偿。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Paying money
  • advance
  • ante up (something)
  • balance
  • burn a hole insomeone'spocketidiom
  • chargeable
  • co-finance
  • congestion charge
  • cough
  • foot
  • lash
  • pay top dollaridiom
  • payer
  • ransom
  • settle up
  • shortchange
  • sink intosomething
  • spender
  • splash out(something)
  • spring forsomething
  • stump
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compensateverb(EXCHANGE)

C2[I]
toprovidesomething good orusefulinplaceof something or to make someonefeelbetterabout something that hasfailedor beenlostormissed:
弥补，补偿
Nothing willevercompensateforhislostchildhood.什么也不能弥补他失去的童年。
Hisenthusiasmmore thancompensates for hislackofexperience.他的热情大大弥补了经验的不足。
I took herswimmingto compensate for havingmissedout on thecinema.为弥补她错过了电影，我带她去游泳。
We were late and I wasdrivingfastto compensate.我们迟到了，所以我开快车来赶时间。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Replacing and exchanging
  • alternate
  • alternatively
  • bargainsomethingaway
  • change over
  • instead
  • instead of
  • lieu
  • make up forsomething
  • name
  • rep
  • represent
  • shoe
  • sing
  • someone'sanswer tosomeone/somethingidiom
  • spare
  • step
  • step intosomeone'sshoesidiom
  • step into the breachidiom
  • sub outsomething
  • substitution
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(Definition ofcompensatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

compensate| American Dictionary

compensate
verb
us
/ˈkɑm·pənˌseɪt/

compensateverb(PAY MONEY)

[T]
topaysomeonemoneyinexchangeforworkdone, for somethinglostordamaged, or for someinconvenience:
Ourcompanytriestokeepsalarieslow, and they compensateemployeesmore withbonuses.

compensateverb(EXCHANGE)

[I]
to take theplaceof somethingusefulorneededwith somethingelseofsimilarvalue:
When you have adisability, youlearnto compensate by doing other things well.

compensatory

adjectiveus/kəmˈpen·səˌtɔr·i,-toʊr·i/
(Definition ofcompensatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

compensate| Business English

compensate
verb
uk
/ˈkɒmpənseɪt/us
[T]LAW,INSURANCE
topaysomeonemoneyfor something that has beenlostordamaged:
Thegovernmentmay compensateworkerswhosepensionshave beenlost.
Farmers willbe compensated foranyanimalsthat areslaughtered.
[T]HR,WORKPLACE
topaysomeonemoneyforworkthat has been done:
Corporations often rely onstockoptionsto compensateexecutives.
Employees mustbe compensated foranyextrahoursworked.
[I]
toprovidesomething toreducetheeffectof something that has beenlostordamaged:
Thecompanyisplantingtreestocompensate forthegreenhousegasgeneratedbyairplaneflights.
(Definition ofcompensatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcompensate

compensate
The loss of power due to reduction of degrees of freedom will be partially compensated by gain of power due to increase of effect size.
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The loss of the interaction might also be compensated for by the intron-encoded protein.
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Research focusing on the design of the workplace and living space that compensates effectively for declining functional capacity should have high priority.
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The offences causing the injury were not specified, although offences committed against a member of the offender's own family would not be compensated.
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Increased costs will result in increased prices unless entirely compensated by increased efficiency.
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The complicated form of crane was, one assumes, compensated for by the weight that it could lift and move.
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Accordingly, behaviorally relevant defects are likely to be in systems that could at least be partially compensated for in relation to normal survival skills.
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An examination of the way that managers are compensated perhaps shows the greatest difference between theory and practice.
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Consumers are not compensated while enterprises reap the full benefit of the revenue neutral reductions in tax rates.
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When the farmers are fully compensated after the regulation, they may be more willing to cooperate with the government.
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Indeed, it could be argued that in times of economic distress and hardship men compensated by finding other ways of asserting their dominance over women.
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Individuals were not financially compensated for their time and effort.
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Main banks were therefore no longer adequately compensated for monitoring as they had been in the former insulated environment.
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Temporal influences of seasonal hunting on the sampling intensity could not be compensated for.
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In other words, increases in the external transmission coefficient (h) are compensated by faster recovery rates (c1 or c2).
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