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compensate sb (for sth)
后面可接介词for引出赔偿原因。
The company compensated her for the loss.
公司赔偿了她的损失。
补偿；弥补；抵消
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补偿；弥补；抵消
to make up for something bad or missing; to balance or offset something
The company compensated her for the loss.
公司赔偿了她的损失。
常与 for 连用，表示弥补、抵消。
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
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.
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
compensate
Base
原形
compensates
3rd person
第三人称单数
compensating
-ing
现在分词
compensated
Past
过去式
compensated
Past participle
过去分词
She compensates for her lack of experience with hard work.
她通过努力工作来弥补经验的不足。
The company compensated the employees for overtime.
公司为加班支付了员工报酬。
He is compensating for his mistake by working extra hours.
他正在通过加班来弥补他的错误。
规则动词
The company will compensate employees for overtime work.
公司将补偿员工的加班工作。
She was compensated for the damage to her car.
她因汽车损坏得到了赔偿。
He is compensating for his lack of experience by working extra hours.
他通过额外工作来弥补经验不足。
后面可接介词for引出赔偿原因。
The company compensated her for the loss.
公司赔偿了她的损失。
不及物用法，表示弥补或抵消。
Hard work can compensate for lack of talent.
努力工作可以弥补天赋的不足。
用with引出补偿的方式或物品。
They compensated him with a bonus.
他们用奖金补偿了他。
by doing表示通过某种行为进行补偿。
She compensated by working extra hours.
她通过加班来补偿。
Not this
The company compensated his loss.
Use this
The company compensated for his loss.
当 compensate 表示“弥补、补偿（损失等）”时，是不及物动词，必须加介词 for 才能接宾语。
Not this
She compensated him $500.
Use this
She compensated him with $500.
当表示“用某物补偿某人”时，补偿方式需要用介词 with 引出，不能直接跟金额。
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弥补；补偿
The company must compensate for the damage caused by the accident.
公司必须补偿事故造成的损失。
因……赔偿某人
They compensated him for the loss of his property.
他们因他的财产损失赔偿了他。
用……补偿
She compensated for her lack of experience with hard work.
她用努力工作来弥补经验不足。
通过做……来补偿
He compensated by working extra hours.
他通过加班来弥补。
得到……的补偿
The workers were compensated for their overtime.
工人们得到了加班补偿。
弥补
Hard work can compensate for lack of talent.
努力工作可以弥补天赋的不足。
过度补偿
He tends to overcompensate for his shyness by being loud.
他往往通过大声说话来过度补偿自己的害羞。
弥补失去的时间
After the illness, she tried to compensate for lost time by working twice as hard.
病后，她试图通过加倍努力工作来弥补失去的时间。
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联想天平失衡时，用砝码补偿平衡，即compensate。
register: neutral or formal; typical contexts: legal, financial, workplace, interpersonal apologies
补偿某人或某事用介词 for；表示以某物补偿用 with。
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