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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   compensate

   • IPA[ˈkämpənˌsāt]

   美式

   • v.
     give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense；pay (someone) for work performed

   • verb: compensate, 3rd person present: compensates, gerund or present participle: compensating, past tense: compensated, past participle: compensated

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies 同義詞 recompense, repay, pay back, reimburse, remunerate, ... 更多recoup, requite, indemnify, settle up with, settle accounts with
   • ▪ pay (someone) for work performed he will be richly compensated for his efforts
   • 2. reduce or counteract (something unwelcome or unpleasant) by exerting an opposite force or effect the manager is hoping for victory to compensate for the team's dismal league campaign 同義詞 make amends, make up, make restitution, make reparation, make recompense, ... 更多recompense, atone, requite, pay, expiate, make good, put to rights, rectify, offset, square
   • ▪ act so as to neutralize or correct (a deficiency or abnormality in a physical property or effect) the output voltage rises, compensating for the original fall 同義詞 balance, balance out, counterbalance, counteract, counterpoise, ... 更多countervail, make up for, offset, cancel out, neutralize, nullify, even up, square up, rareequilibrize, negative, counterweigh
   • ▪ attempt to conceal or offset (a disability or frustration) by development in another direction they put on grandiose airs to compensate for their feelings of worthlessness
3. • 更多解釋

   compensate

   • IPA[ˈkɒmp(ə)nseɪt]

   英式

   • v.
     give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury ... payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies

   Oxford Dictionary