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compensating

/kom-puhn-seyt/US // ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt //UK // (ˈkɒmpɛnˌseɪt) //

补偿性,补偿性的,补偿,补偿的

Related Words

satisfy满足,符合,满意,满足了refund退款,退费,退税,退款金额reimburse报销,偿付,偿还,偿清atone赎罪,忏悔,赎回,赎身repay报答,还款,回报,偿还recoup收回,收回成本,收回资金,收回来pay支付,支付费用,支付的费用,支付报酬reward奖励,奖赏,报酬,奖金take care of照顾,照顾好,照看,照料repair维修,修复,修理,修补fix修复,固定,修理,修整improve改善,改进,完善,提高requite报答,要求,报酬,报偿commit承诺,投入,承诺书indemnify赔偿,弥偿,赔款,赔付recompense报偿,报酬,补偿,赔偿remunerate受薪,受酬,受雇于人,付酬outweigh大于,大于等于,超过了,超过invalidate失效,废止,无效,失效的countervail反作用,反作用力,抗衡,逆势

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    com·pen·sat·ed, com·pen·sat·ing.

    • : to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
    • : to counterbalance; offset; be equivalent to: He compensated his homely appearance with great personal charm.
    • : Mechanics. to counterbalance; adjust or construct so as to offset or counterbalance variations or produce equilibrium.
    • : to change the gold content of to counterbalance price fluctuations and thereby stabilize its purchasing power.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    com·pen·sat·ed, com·pen·sat·ing.

    • : to provide or be an equivalent; make up; make amends: His occasional courtesies did not compensate for his general rudeness.
    • : Psychology. to develop or employ mechanisms of compensation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.refunding
Synonyms
adjusting调整,调整调整,调整的,调整的方式atoning赎罪,赦免,弥补,补偿balanced平衡,平衡的,均衡,平衡性balancing平衡,平衡性,保持平衡,平衡问题settling定居,定居的,安置,定居点compensatory补偿性,补偿性的,代偿性,赔偿性

Examples

  • I really believe they need to feel the pain, and really compensate for the pain they put all of us through.

  • This weird November free agency may be slightly different — it probably will be overloaded with trades to compensate for the limited available star power — but there will be stunning moves just the same.

  • Irreverent humor helps compensate for the inherent morbidity.

  • You get louder, which means that in order to compensate, I have to get louder, which then makes you get louder.

  • The fertilized eggs, which became separate embryos, were then implanted into a female surrogate who was compensated for becoming pregnant and delivering the babies.

  • Budget hawks want compensating budget cuts to extend long-term unemployment benefits.

  • My sugar daddies were chivalrous and respectful, but when someone is compensating you for your time, a power dynamic emerges.

  • A portion of the proposed increase would thus be compensating for the continuing real decline in the minimum wage.

  • But that implies living next door to them - perhaps even compensating them for stolen property - which is plainly unthinkable.

  • Switching up sexual orientation is a cunning way of compensating for flagging sales and aging characters.

  • There are compensating circumstances which should alleviate our sorrow.

  • As a matter of fact, this battery stood out of reach of harm, with the compensating disadvantage of being able to inflict none.

  • She came down immediately and at my first look I felt a guilty feeling, yet one of some compensating happiness.

  • The compensating nozzle construction is not influenced as much by changes of altitude as the simpler nozzle types are.

  • The answer begins with a promise of deliverance from famine, and of fruitful seasons compensating for the ravages of the locusts.

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