| 正面 | 5089.compensate 英 ['kɒmpenseɪt]美 ['kɑmpɛnset]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1、com- "with" + pens- "weigh" + -ate.2、字面含义为：weigh one thing (against another); 引申为：to counterbalance, to be equivalent.vi. 补偿，赔偿；抵消vt. 补偿，赔偿；付报酬 例句： 1. The hospital staff were very apologetic but that couldn't really compensate.医院的工作人员深表歉意，但这真的于事无补。 compensate 补偿com-, 强调。-pend, 悬垂，称量，词源同pendulum, pound. 即称量使对等的，补偿。 compensatecompensate: see pondercompensate (v.)1640s, "to be equivalent;" 1650s, "to counterbalance, make up for," from Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare "to weigh one thing (against another)," thus, "to counterbalance," from com- "with" (see com-) + pensare, frequentative of pendere "to weigh" (see pendant). Meaning "to recompense, remunerate" is from 1814. Related: Compensated; compensating." |