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单词 redress
释义
redress
verb[T]
formal
uk
/rɪˈdres/us
/rɪˈdres/
to putrightawrongor givepaymentfor awrongthat has been done:
纠正，矫正；补偿，向…赔偿损失
Mostmanagers,politiciansandbossesare men - how can womenredress thebalance(= make thesituationfairerand moreequal)?大多数的经理、政治家和老板都是男性——女性怎样才能改变这种不平衡的状况呢？
Synonyms
compensate
correct
right
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Correcting and mending
  • calibration
  • clean(someone/something)up
  • correction
  • fiddle (around) withsomething
  • fine-tune
  • mess
  • put/setsomeonerightidiom
  • recondition
  • reconstruct
  • reconstruction
  • rectification
  • remedy
  • revise
  • revised
  • servicing
  • set/put the record straightidiom
  • smoothsomethingaway
  • smoothen
  • sort
  • tinker
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redress
noun[U]
formal
uk
/rɪˈdres/us
/rɪˈdres/
moneythat you have topayto someoneelsebecause you haveinjuredthatpersonortreatedthembadly:
（对伤害或虐待所致损失的）赔偿，赔款
He went to theindustrialtribunaltoseekredress for the way hisemployershaddiscriminatedagainst him.因为雇主对他有所歧视，他走上了劳资仲裁法庭为自己讨回公道。
Synonym
compensation(MONEY)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Costs & expenses
  • aliment
  • all in
  • blue book value
  • book value
  • carriage
  • carrying charge
  • cash flow
  • entrance fee
  • expenditure
  • fee
  • flat rate
  • gate money
  • purchasing power
  • special offer
  • starting price
  • sticker price
  • sunk cost
  • time is moneyidiom
  • top rate
  • transfer fee
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(Definition ofredressfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

redress| American Dictionary

redress
verb[T]
fml
us
/rɪˈdres/
tocorrectawrong:
Affirmativeactiontohelpminoritiesisintendedto redresswrongs.
(Definition ofredressfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

redress| Business English

redress
verb[T]
formal
uk
/rɪˈdres/us
to putrightawrongaction, or givepaymentfor somethingwrongthat has been done:
Theassociationhad called for asubstantialriseto redress a 30%declineinsalaries.
redress the balance
to make asituationfairerand moreequal:
Thecodewasintendedtohelpredress thebalancebetweenpowerfulretailersandtheirsuppliers.
redress
noun[U]
LAW
uk
/rɪˈdres/us
/ˈriːdres/
moneyor somethingelsethat someonereceivesbecause they have beeninjuredortreatedbadly:
Millions ofpersonalandbusinesscustomerscouldseekredress forbouncedchequesandoverdraftcharges.
get/receive/obtainredress
financial/legalredress
(Definition ofredressfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofredress

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Compensation equalizes or redresses a balance, and so, to speak of 'fair compensation' is entirely sensible.
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The suggestion of ensuring that teaching has some focus on successful ageing would be helpful in redressing the balance of clinical work.
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Shame, then, may affect public attitudes to risk, and may intensify public calls that a scandalous situation should be redressed.
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What affirmative measures in the realm of language policy can char t the clearest course toward redressing these inequalities?
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She faults social historians for investigating only the first two and sees her own study as redressing the balance.
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The often inevitable loss of physical dignity which accompanies terminal illness was redressed by study participants in several ways.
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Our findings imply that collective action can be an effective means of redressing resource degradation and increasing community wealth.
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In this article, a series of steps is taken with the aim of redressing this situation.
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In the present section, we work toward redressing this problem in providing an outline of the roles and responsibilities of clinical caregivers.
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One of the major ways in which vulnerabilities can be redressed is through empowerment of the vulnerable.
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He attempts to show that the new constitution redresses many of the institutional problems associated with strong executive authority in the absence of proper checks.
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To this embittered youth, the military not only fails at redressing social wrongs; it also upholds the country's inequalities.
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By implication, the balance should be redressed.
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In particular, racial liberals may fear that expressing opposition to affirmative action might lend political support to the broader effort to weaken social policies aimed at redressing racial inequality.
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As both religious and civil laws had a role to play in turning out good citizens, then a defect in the one had to be redressed in the other.
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