v.補(bǔ)償；賠償；付報(bào)酬

Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 什么都不能補(bǔ)償健康受損。

She was compensated by the insurance company for her injuries. 她受傷后獲得保險(xiǎn)公司的賠償。

You will have to compensate us for the loss. 你必須賠償我們的損失。

compensate的基本意思是“賠/補(bǔ)償(損失、傷害等)”“彌補(bǔ)(缺陷)”或“抵消某種影響”等,可用于經(jīng)濟(jì)方面,也可用于抽象事物。

compensate用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),以起補(bǔ)償作用的人或事物作主語,以被補(bǔ)償?shù)氖挛锘蛉俗髻e語。用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),接for表示補(bǔ)償?shù)膶?duì)象; 接with表示用于補(bǔ)償?shù)耐愂挛铩?/p>