recompense
noun /ˈrekəmpens/
/ˈrekəmpens/
[uncountable] (formal)- 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。
- 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
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reasonable
- sufficient
- financial
- …
- have
- expect
- get
- …
- as recompense
- in recompense
- recompense for
- …
词源late 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 (for somebody/something) There must be adequate recompense for workers who lose their jobs.