compensate

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com·pen·sate /ˈkɒmpənseɪt $ ˈkɑːm-/ AWL verb

1 [intransitiveI]EQUAL to replace or balance the effect of something bad 弥补，补偿

Because my left eye is so weak, my right eye has to work harder to compensate.

因为我左眼视力差，右眼就要辛苦点来弥补一下。

compensate for

Her intelligence more than compensates for her lack of experience.

她才智过人，因此虽然经验不足，却也游刃有余。

In everyday English, people usually say make up for something rather than compensate for something: 在日常英语中，人们一般说make up for something，而不说compensate for something

What she lacks in patience she makes up for in determination.

她用决心来弥补耐心的不足。

2 [transitiveT]BFPAY FOR to pay someone money because they have suffered injury, loss, or damage 赔偿，补偿

the government’s promise to compensate victims of the flood

政府对水灾灾民给予补偿的许诺

compensate somebody for something

The firm will compensate workers for their loss of earnings.

公司将补偿工人的收入损失。

n GRAMMAR: Patterns with compensate

Something compensates for something:

Nothing can compensate for this loss.

✗Don’t say: Nothing can compensate this loss.

You compensate someone for something:

We will compensate you for your expenses.

✗Don’t say: We will compensate you your expenses.

Examples from the Corpus

compensate• Capital, like labor, was compensated at a rate corresponding to its marginal product.• He was compensated by being raised, on 19 June 1627, to the earldom of Sunderland.• Your brain will think it's boiling outside, and compensate by cooling your skin down with a film of sweat.• Photography could compensate for certain deficiencies in nature.• Given diminishing marginal utility of income, more income in one period can not compensate for lower income in another period.• No amount of money can compensate for my father's death.• The workers have still not been compensated for their loss of wages.• People are entitled to be compensated fully whenever they are injured by others' carelessness.• She had also expressed great anxiety as to who was to compensate her for the loss of her fences and crop.• To compensate, I told him to move to his left on the return of the serve.• The fund will compensate victims of smoking-related diseases.• If the company refuses to compensate you, you can take your complaint to small-claims court, Sack said.

compensate for• Failures in this area will have to be compensated for by successes in other areas.• More women will be promoted in order to compensate for discrimination in the past.• Ray tries to compensate for his shyness by telling a lot of jokes.• It is hoped that the new car's style and design will compensate for its lack of speed.

compensate somebody for something• The firm was ordered to compensate clients for their losses.

From Longman Business Dictionary

compensatecom·pen·sate /ˈkɒmpənseɪtˈkɑːm-/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

1to pay someone money because they have suffered injury, loss, or damage

compensate somebody for something

He has promised to compensate farmers for the price cuts.

2American EnglishAmEHUMAN RESOURCES to pay someone in money and other ways for work that they do

Nobody knows if compensating executives better makes their companies perform any better.

Origin compensate

(1600-1700) Latin past participle of compensare, from compendere; → COMPENDIUM

com·pen·sate verb →n GRAMMAR1 →REGISTER1

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