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
compensating — present participle of compensate
付酬；赔偿；调整；适应；偿还；付报酬
to make up for something bad or missing; to balance or offset something
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.
一般现在时
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。
一般过去时
The company compensated the employees for overtime.
公司为加班支付了员工报酬。
现在进行时
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。
用法提示：这里 compensate 作为及物动词，表示‘补偿’，后接宾语 employees，再接 for 引出补偿的原因。
She was compensated for the damage to her car.
她因汽车损坏得到了赔偿。
用法提示：这里 compensate 以被动形式 be compensated 出现，表示‘得到赔偿’，for 引出赔偿的原因。
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。
用法提示：这里 compensate 以现在分词形式 compensating 出现，与 for 搭配，表示‘弥补’，后面接方式状语 by...。
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。
较通用，常用于弥补损失或不足
侧重通过反向作用抵消，常用于财务或效果
较正式，通常指因损失或服务给予报酬
特指退还已支付的费用，常用于财务
grammar · medium
易错句子The company compensated his loss.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子She compensated him $500.
正确表达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。
指造成损失或破坏，与'补偿'相对
指身体或精神上的伤害，与'弥补'相对
指施加惩罚，与'赔偿'相对
指夺走某物，与'补偿'的反义
指造成伤害，与'弥补'相对
reimburse特指退还实际花费的费用，而compensate更广泛地指赔偿损失或弥补不足
offset强调通过相反的力量或效果使平衡，而compensate可以指弥补任何不足或损失
complement指添加某物使之完整或完美，而compensate指弥补缺陷或赔偿
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。
com- (together) + pens (weigh, pay) + -ate (verb suffix)
常与compensate搭配，表示赔偿所导致的损害。
在补偿语境中，compensate常针对损失进行弥补。
在雇佣关系中，compensate常指支付工资或报酬。
法律或纠错语境中，compensate作为一种补救措施。
保险理赔中，compensate常指保险公司对损失的赔付。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.