| 单词 | compensate |
| 释义 | compensate v. 1. tr. (often foll. by for) recompense (a person) (compensated him for his loss). 2. intr. (usu. foll. by for a thing, to a person) make amends (compensated for the insult; will compensate to her in full). 3. tr. counterbalance. 4. tr. Mech. provide (a pendulum etc.) with extra or less weight etc. to neutralize the effects of temperature etc. 5. intr. Psychol. offset a disability or frustration by development in another direction. Derivatives compensative adj. compensator n. compensatory adj. Etymology: L compensare (as COM-, pensare frequent. of pendere pens- weigh) |
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