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compensate

🇬🇧/ˈkɒmpenseɪt/ 🇺🇸/ˈkɑːmpenseɪt/VCE📚 5099 82 2六级考研托福雅思高考

To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost, means to pay them money or give them something to replace those things. ^{补偿 (损失)}

If you compensate for a lack of something or for something you have done wrong, you do something to make the situation better. ^{弥补 (过失)}

“ -ate” ⌜ 表示使成为或具有某种特性的 - indicating to make or become ~ ⌟

单词造句:

近义词redeem/rɪˈdiːm/vt. 赎回；补偿；挽回；恢复；履行；兑换

近义词offset/ˈɒfset/n. 抵消，补偿；平版印刷；支管

词组	含义	例句
compensate (sb.) for sth.	为了某事补偿(某人)	Nothing can compensate (him) for his loss. ^{没有什么能弥补(他的)过失的损失。}
more than compensate for	足以弥补	His rise in status more than compensates for the loss of money.^{他地位的上升足以弥补金钱的损失。}