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Redress Make Noun   [Formal 正式 Seek Wrongs Verb

英语单词 redress
英美音标 英 [rɪ'dres] 美 [rɪ'dres]
中文释义 n.赔偿;救济;矫正;缓解
v.纠正;补偿;革除;惩罚;<古>报答;恢复
英语例句 (1) Any man deserves redress if he has been injured unfairly.
(2) You must seek redress in the law courts for the damage to your car.
(3) If the statute of limitations has run,the plaintiff is without redress.
(4) A fault confessed is half redress.
(5) The team has more men than women so we must redress the balance.
(6) He did all that he could do to redress these wrongs.
(7) He did all that he possibly could to redress the wrongs.
中文例句 (1) 任何人若蒙受不公平的损害都应获得赔偿。
(2) 你的车子受到了损坏,你应当通过法律途径要求赔偿。
(3) 如果过了法定诉讼时效,原告将无法得到救济。
(4) 认错改正一半错。
(5) 这个队男的多女的少,所以我们得纠正平衡一下。
(6) 他尽可能地纠正这些错误。
(7) 他尽了一切努力革除弊端。
vocabulary简明 The verb redress is used when you are supposed to fix a problem and make amends. You want your parents to redress the fact that you don't have a pet. Your parents offer to get a hamster, but instead, you say you want a monkey.
vocabulary扩展 Redress can be used as both a noun and a verb. In the noun form, it is the compensation for setting something right. As a verb it means to correct, right a wrong, or make restitution for something. The union organizers wanted the company to redress the fact that workers weren't getting lunch breaks.
柯林斯解释
The noun is also pronounced /'riːdres/ in American English. 美国英语中名词亦读作/'riːdres/。
1
[VERB 动词]矫正;纠正;改正 If you redress something such as a wrong or a complaint, you do something to correct it or to improve things for the person who has been badly treated.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • More and more victims turn to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.

    越来越多的受害人通过诉讼来申雪冤屈。

2
[VERB 动词]调整;调节 If you redress the balance or the imbalance between two things that have become unfair or unequal, you make them fair and equal again.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • So we're trying to redress the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important.

    所以我们正努力恢复平衡,让教师们感到口语和书面语同样重要。

  • ...to redress the economic imbalance between the developed countries and the developing countries.

    解决发达国家和发展中国家间的经济失衡问题

3
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](伤害或损失的)赔偿 Redress is money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or loss.
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • They are continuing their legal battle to seek some redress from the government.

    他们正在继续进行法律斗争以向政府寻求一些赔偿。

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