- [uncountable, countable] compensation (for something)
something, especially money, that somebody gives you because they have hurt you, or damaged something that you own; the act of giving this to somebody 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 The employer has a duty to pay full compensation for injuries received at work. 雇主有义务全额支付工伤赔偿金。 - in compensation
to receive £10 000 in compensation 得到赔偿金 1 万英镑 She received a cash sum by way of compensation. 她得到现金赔偿。
Extra ExamplesShe got some compensation for damages. 她的损失得到了一些赔偿。 She received £7 000 as compensation for her injuries. 她收到 7,000 英镑受伤赔偿。 The money was small compensation for unfair dismissal. 这笔钱是对不公平解雇的少量补偿。 They will have to pay £5 000 in compensation. 他们得赔偿 5,000 英镑。 compensation from the government 政府的赔偿 compensation to Mrs Parker 给帕克太太的赔偿 the rules used for determining compensation 用于确定赔偿的规则 Compensation has cost the company a lot of money. 赔偿花了公司很多钱。 He has made a compensation claim to an industrial tribunal. 他向劳资法庭提出了赔偿要求。 The businesses that had to relocate received £10 000 each in compensation from the local council. 不得不搬迁的企业从地方议会各获得1万英镑的补偿。 The court awarded her compensation of £58 000 for unfair dismissal. 法院判给她58 000英镑的不公平解雇赔偿金。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
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- amount
- award (somebody)
- give (somebody)
- grant (somebody)
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- be payable
- claim
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- as compensation (for)
- in compensation (for)
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- [uncountable] (especially North American English)
money that an employee receives for doing their job 薪酬: 员工因工作而获得的金钱Send your CV and current compensation to Executive Search Consultant. 将您的简历和当前薪酬发送给高管搜索顾问。
- [countable, usually plural, uncountable] compensation (for something)
a thing or things that make a bad situation better 使坏的情况变好的事物;(对不利局面的)补偿
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin compensatio(n-), from the verb compensare ‘weigh against’, from com- ‘together’ + pensare (frequentative of pendere ‘weigh’).