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recompense

noun
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[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. something, usually money, that you are given because you have suffered in some way, or as a payment for something赔偿；补偿；报酬
    • recompense (for somebody/something) There must be adequate recompense for workers who lose their jobs.必须给失业的工人足够的补偿。🔊🔊
    • in recompense (for something) I received $1 000 in recompense for loss of earnings.我得到了 1 000 美元的收入损失赔偿。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He was given £1 000 in recompense for his loss.他得到 1,000 英镑作为损失补偿金。
    • She received a gift as recompense.作为报酬，她得到了一件礼物。
    • Substantial damages were paid in recompense.给予了大笔赔偿金作为补偿。
    • recompense from the government从政府处得到的补偿
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • reasonable
    • sufficient
    • financial
    • …
    verb + recompense
    • have
    • expect
    • get
    • …
    preposition
    • as recompense
    • in recompense
    • recompense for
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from the verb recompenser ‘do a favour to requite a loss’, from late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- ‘again’ (also expressing intensive force) + compensare ‘weigh one thing against another’.

recompense

verb
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(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they recompense
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he / she / it recompenses
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past simple recompensed
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past participle recompensed
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-ing form recompensing
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  1. recompense somebody (for something) to do something for somebody or give them a payment for something that they have suffered给…以补偿；赔偿 synonym compensate
    • There was no attempt to recompense the miners for the loss of their jobs.没有人表示要对失业矿工给予补偿。🔊🔊
    • Higher pay is on offer to recompense players for the extra hours they’ll be working.提供更高的报酬来补偿玩家额外的工作时间。
    • She believes that offenders should recompense their victims in some way.她认为，罪犯应该以某种方式补偿受害者。
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from the verb recompenser ‘do a favour to requite a loss’, from late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- ‘again’ (also expressing intensive force) + compensare ‘weigh one thing against another’.