recompense
英 ['rekəmpens]
美['rɛkəm'pɛns]
- vt. 赔偿；酬谢
- vi. 赔偿
- n. 赔偿；报酬
词态变化
第三人称单数: recompenses;过去式: recompensed;过去分词: recompensed;现在分词: recompensing;
中文词源
recompense 弥补，赔偿
re-,再，重新，compens-,补偿，赔偿，词源同 compensation.
英文词源
- recompense (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French recompense (13c.), related to recompenser "make good, recompense" from Late Latin recompensare (see recompense (v.)).
- recompense (v.)
- c. 1400, "to redress," from Middle French recompenser (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin recompensare "to reward, remunerate," from Latin re- "again" (see re-) + compensare "balance out," literally "weigh together" (see compensate). From early 15c. as "to compensate." Related: Recompensed; recompensing.
双语例句
- 1. He demands no financial recompense for his troubles.
- 他没有对自己遭遇的麻烦要求经济赔偿。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. There must be adequate recompense for workers who lose their jobs.
- 必须给失业的工人足够的补偿。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. He was given ￡1 000 in recompense for his loss.
- 他得到1,000英镑作为对他损失的补偿.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. They gave him money in recompense for his trouble.
- 他们给他钱以酬劳他的辛苦.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. They received ￡1000 in recompense.
- 他们收到一千英镑的补偿.
来自《简明英汉词典》