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Meaning Thing 3827.Compensation 英 Kɒmpen'seɪʃ(ə)N]美 Kɑmpɛn'seʃən 释义 N

正面 3827.compensation
英 [kɒmpen'seɪʃ(ə)n]美 [,kɑmpɛn'seʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 补偿;报酬;赔偿金
例句:
1. He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation.他被有条件地释放了,被责令支付赔偿款。

1、com- "with" + pens- "weigh" + -ation.2、字面含义为:weigh one thing (against another); 引申为:to counterbalance, to be equivalent.

compensation (n.)late 14c., "action of compensating," from Latin compensationem (nominative compensatio) "a weighing one thing against another, a balancing," noun of action from past participle stem of compensare (see compensate). Meaning "what is given in recompense" is from c. 1600; meaning "amends for loss or damages" is from 1804; meaning "salary, wages" is attested from 1787, American English. The psychological sense is from 1914."

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