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Reparation Word Make Demand Sense Victims Defeated Money

英语单词 reparation
英美音标 英 [ˌrepə'reɪʃn] 美 [ˌrepə'reɪʃn]
中文释义 n.补偿;赔偿
英语例句 (1) You must make reparation for the sorrow you have caused.
(2) I must demand reparation for the injury.
(3) He had to make reparation from his own property.
(4) Whenever you find your wrongdoing, be quick with your reparation.
中文例句 (1) 你必须对所造成的伤害予以补偿。
(2) 我必须要求损害的赔偿。
(3) 他必须用其财产进行赔偿。
(4) 任何时候当你发现自己的错误,要尽快去弥补和挽救。
vocabulary简明 If you guessed that reparation is related to the word repair, you were right. Both come from the Latin word meaning "to restore." While reparation has a range of meanings, they all convey the sense of fixing or making up for a past wrong.
vocabulary扩展 In contemporary usage, the plural form is more common than the singular. Victims of a crime, for example, may receive reparations from the perpetrators. A defeated nation may be forced to pay reparations to its victorious enemies. Many have suggested that the United States government should provide reparations to the descendants of slaves. The word almost always has legal or political connotations, and it conveys the sense of restitution — often expressed in money — for wrongdoing.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](战败国支付的)赔款 Reparations are sums of money that are paid after a war by the defeated country for the damage and injuries it caused in other countries.
  [also N in pl]
  • Israel accepted billions of dollars in war reparations.

    以色列得到了几十亿美元的战争赔款。

2
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]赔偿;弥补 Reparation is help or payment that someone gives you for damage, loss, or suffering that they have caused you.
  • There is a clear demand amongst victims for some sort of reparation from offenders.

    受害者明确要求责任人给予一定的赔偿。

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