compensate
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Động từ
verb- 1.
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- 2.
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
- 3.
(ambitransitive)To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.
To compensate me for his tree landing on my shed, my neighbor paved my driveway.
, Preface The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries.
Đồng nghĩa: make up
- 4.
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
I hate that old car because it steers a little to the left and I'm always compensating for that when I drive it.
To compensate for his broken leg, Gary uses crutches.
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Borrowed from Latin compēnsātus, perfect passive participle of compensō, -ate for more.