【compensate】 - A-level备考词汇

compensate

UK:  ['kɒmpənseɪt]

US:  ['kɑmpən.seɪt]

第三人称单数：compensates  现在分词：compensating  过去式：compensated  

v.

1.赔偿,补偿

2.抵偿,抵消,抵过;弥补

3.补充

4.酬劳,〔美国〕给…付工钱,给…报酬

5.代偿;调整

6.调质

7.【物理学】补偿…的变差;【机械工程】补整

8.【经济学】(调整金币成色以)稳定(货币的)购买力

1 . He told me that if I were willing, the airline would pay me a handsome sum to compensate for the inconvenience.
他说如果我愿意的话，航空公司会对其对我造成的不便作出一笔数目可观的赔偿。

2 . Mr Wolfowitz then helped persuade the bank's donors to compensate it "dollar-for-dollar" for debt repayments it would no longer receive.
此后沃氏又帮忙说服世行各捐助国以“一美元换一美元”的等额方式补偿不再收回的偿还债务。

3 . Pay clean-up expenses incurred in eliminating the pollution, compensate for the losses and be liable to a fine.
支付清除污染费，赔偿损失，并处以罚款。

4 . They asked me to convey their sincere apologies to you and promised to replace these rollers by new ones and compensate. dollars.
他们让我传达他们诚挚的歉意，并答应把这几个滚筒换成新的，并赔偿。美圆。

5 . That seems unlikely to be the whole story (the amount of help needed to compensate would be huge), though it might be a contributory factor.
尽管这可能是一个促成因素，但似乎不大可能成为整个故事（需要补偿的帮助数额将是巨大的）。