[with obj.]recompense (someone) for loss, suffering, or injury, typically by the award of a sum of money
(因损失、受苦或受伤)补偿,赔偿(某人)(尤指给一笔钱)
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payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies .向农民付款以补偿补助金的削减。
pay (someone) for work performed
酬报(某人)
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he will be richly compensated for his efforts. 他将因他的努力得到丰厚的回报。
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弥补,抵消(不受欢迎的或令人讨厌的事物)
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the manager is hoping for victory to compensate for the team's dismal league campaign .经理盼望着胜利以弥补球队在联赛中的沉闷情绪。
act so as to neutralize or correct (a deficiency or abnormality in a physical property or effect)
校正;平衡;补偿
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the output voltage rises, compensating for the original fall .输出电压升高,补偿了最初的下降。
attempt to conceal or offset (a disability or frustration) by development in another direction
(以另一方面的发展)隐藏,弥补(无能,挫折);补偿,代偿
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they identified with radical movements to compensate for their inability to relate to individual human beings .他们支持激进运动以掩盖他们在与个人相处方面的无能。
"mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘counterbalance’): from Latin