recompense
recompense 英 [ˈrekəmpens] 美 [ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns]
vt. 赔偿；酬谢 vi. 赔偿 n. 赔偿；报酬
进行时:recompensing 过去式:recompensed 过去分词:recompensed 第三人称单数:recompenses 名词复数:recompenses
- Say you loan a few bucks to a friend who is short on cash, and he wins the lottery. Presumably, he'll be able to recompense you, or pay you back what he owes.
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- vt. 赔偿；酬谢
- vi. 赔偿
- n. 赔偿；报酬
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1. I owe, therefore, my life to you; and, for the first token of my acknowledgment, give you your liberty from this moment, till I can complete your recompense as I intend.
所以，我欠你一条命；并且，作为我感谢你的第一个表达，从现在开始还给你你的自由，直到我能还清我打算给你的报酬。
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2. A good man's prayers are golden recompense!
一个好人的祈祷如同用黄金作酬谢！
- recompense (n.) early 15c., from Middle French recompense (13c.), related to recompenser "make good, recompense" from Late Latin recompensare (see recompense (v.)).
- recompense (v.) c. 1400, "to redress," from Middle French recompenser (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin recompensare "to reward, remunerate," from Latin re- "again" (see re-) + compensare "balance out," literally "weigh together," 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"). From early 15c. as "to compensate." Related: Recompensed; recompensing.
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