something, usually money, that you are given because you have suffered in some way, or as a payment for something 赔偿;补偿;报酬 - recompense (for somebody/something)
There must be adequate recompense for workers who lose their jobs. 必须给失业的工人足够的补偿。 - in recompense (for something)
I received $1 000 in recompense for loss of earnings. 我得到了 1 000 美元的收入损失赔偿。
Extra ExamplesHe was given £1 000 in recompense for his loss. 他得到 1,000 英镑作为损失补偿金。 She received a gift as recompense. 作为报酬,她得到了一件礼物。 Substantial damages were paid in recompense. 给予了大笔赔偿金作为补偿。 recompense from the government 从政府处得到的补偿
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reasonable
- sufficient
- financial
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- have
- expect
- get
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- as recompense
- in recompense
- recompense for
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from the verb recompenser ‘do a favour to requite a loss’, from late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- ‘again’ (also expressing intensive force) + compensare ‘weigh one thing against another’.- recompense (for somebody/something)