
n.補(bǔ)償;賠償;賠償金
Compensation of injured workers has cost the company a lot. 公司花了一大筆錢賠償受傷的工人。
My job is hard, but it has its compensations—it is my happiness to pursue what I am interested in. 我的工作雖苦,但卻有所補(bǔ)償(有好的方面因而不覺得太苦)。
compensation作抽象名詞,一般常用作不可數(shù)名詞,意思是“補(bǔ)償,賠償”。后面常接介詞for,表示“損失〔損傷〕的賠償”。compensation作“賠償物”解或具體的一種賠償或補(bǔ)償時(shí),前面加不定冠詞a。compensation有時(shí)還指“收益,報(bào)酬,工資”。