compensate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/|/ˈkɒm.pɛn.seɪt/    美 /ˈkɑm.pənˌseɪt/|/ˈkɔm.penˌsæɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
  2. To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
    — It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
  3. To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even. ambitransitive
    — His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.
  4. To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
    — I hate that old car because it steers a little to the left and I'm always compensating for that when I drive it.

词形变化

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词汇关系

近义词
reimburse offset acclimate accommodate accustom adapt accord amend appease atone equate expiate harmonize indemnify level reconcile rectify redeem redress remedy remunerate requite resolve restitute and restitution square compensate compense dispense make good make up recompense restore
下位词
atone offset reimburse
衍生词
compensatable compensator decompensate malcompensate miscompensate overcompensate precompensate recompensate undercompensate
相关词
compensation compensatory compensable compensably recompense

词源

Borrowed from Latin compēnsātus, perfect passive participle of compensō (“to weight together one thing against another, balance, make good”), -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.
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