- Compensation means "making up for a something." When a restaurant offers you a free dessert as compensation for messing up your dinner order, the hope is you will leave happy and come back again.
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- n. 补偿；报酬；赔偿金
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1. to claim compensation, to receive compensation
要求╱得到赔偿金
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2. to pay compensation for injuries at work
支付工伤赔偿金
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3. to receive £10 000 in compensation.
得到赔偿金 1 万英镑
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4. I wish I were young again, but getting older has its compensations.
我要是能再次年轻就好了，但上了年纪也有上了年纪的好处。
- compensation (n.) late 14c., "action of compensating," from Latin compensationem (nominative compensatio) "a weighing one thing against another, a balancing," noun of action from past participle stem of compensare "to weigh one thing (against another)," thus, "to counterbalance," from com "with, together" (see com-) + pensare, frequentative of pendere "to hang, cause to hang; weigh; pay" (from PIE root *(s)pen-"to draw, stretch, spin").
com·pen·sa·tion AWL / ˌkɒmpenˈseɪʃn ; NAmE ˌkɑːmpenˈseɪʃn / noun 1 [uncountable , countable ] compensation(for sth) something, especially money, that sb gives you because they have hurt you, or damaged sth that you own; the act of giving this to sb 补偿（或赔偿）物；（尤指）赔偿金，补偿金；赔偿 ◆ to claim/award/receive compensation 要求╱判给╱得到赔偿金 ◆ to pay compensation for injuries at work 支付工伤赔偿金 ◆ to receive £10 000 in compensation. 得到赔偿金 1 万英镑 2 [countable , usually plural ] compensation(for sth) things that make a bad situation better 弥补的事物；（对不利局面的）补偿 ◆ I wish I were young again, but getting older has its compensations. 我要是能再次年轻就好了，但上了年纪也有上了年纪的好处。 compensation compensations com·pen·sa·tion / ˌkɒmpenˈseɪʃn ; NAmE ˌkɑːmpenˈseɪʃn /
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