| 正面 | 3827.compensation 英 [kɒmpen'seɪʃ(ə)n]美 [,kɑmpɛn'seʃən] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 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.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。 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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