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reparations

/rep-uh-rey-shuhnz/US // ˌrɛp əˈreɪ ʃənz //

赔款,赔偿,赔偿金,补偿

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n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1
    • : compensation in money, material, labor, etc., payable by a defeated country to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during or as a result of war: The U.S. government eventually disbursed reparations to Japanese Americans who had been interned during World War II.
    • : monetary or other compensation payable by a country to an individual for a historical wrong: The article is about reparations to Black people for the enslavement of their ancestors.

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Examples

  • Arguments for reparations have moved beyond whether they should be paid.

  • A quick glance at Hansard, the database of official transcripts of every debate in Parliament for the last 200 years, reveals reparations are a rarely discussed issue.

  • To Hamilton, a successful reparation program would need two major components.

  • For nearly 30 years, there’s been a bill kicking around among Democrats in Congress to study and develop reparation proposals.

  • The discussion of reparations for descendants of slaves saw some chatter this year after a piece in The Atlantic.

  • There was a time when reparations for slavery was a hot issue in race discussions in America.

  • We rightly condemn the Allied leaders of the 1920s for squeezing Germany so hard on reparations.

  • His newest obsession is proving that Barack Obama is implicated in a “stealth reparations movement”.

  • We were born rich; we revel in the "reparations" that our fathers wrung from a conquered Nature.

  • He suggested to me that I should make reparations to my wife by allowing her to divorce me!

  • Linked up with it also is that deep and grave problem of reparations.

  • Three other churches the Primate has also built, and done considerable reparations to the cathedral.

  • Note: Now was our Communion table placed altarwise; the church steeple, clock, and other reparations finished.