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词汇 compensation
释义 compensation
noun
uk /ˌkɒm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌkɑːm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/

compensationnoun (MONEY)


[ U ]
money that is paid to someone in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem: 赔偿金;补偿金
in compensation forShe received £40,000 in compensation for a lost eye.她得到4万英镑,作为对失去一只眼睛的赔偿。
in compensationWe were given five hundred pounds in compensation, which isn't much, but at least it's something.我们得到了500英镑的补偿费,虽然不多,但至少还算幸运。
claim compensationYou should claim compensation.
seek compensationHe is seeking compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
compensation claimThe victims made a compensation claim against the company for damages.
She admitted her company's responsibility for the disaster and went on to explain how compensation would be paid to the victims.
The small amount of compensation is a further source of grievance to the people forced to leave their homes.
Going to court to obtain compensation is a long process.起诉要求赔偿是一个漫长的过程。
You'll have to spend a small fortune in legal fees if you decide to sue for compensation.如果你决定索赔,要支付一大笔法律费用。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Costs & expenses
admission charge
aliment
all in
at cost
at someone's expense
bank charges
outgo
outlay
overrun
palimony
price point
pricing
redress
remittance
reserve
RPI
spend
transfer fee
tune
upkeep

compensationnoun (EXCHANGE)


[ C or U ]
something that makes you feel better when you have suffered something bad: 补偿(物);赔偿(物)
I have to spend three months of the year away from home - but there are compensations like the chance to meet new people.我一年必得有3个月的时间出门在外——但也有好处,比如有机会认识人。
Free food was no compensation for a very boring evening.免费食物并不能弥补晚会的乏味无聊。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Replacing and exchanging
alternate
alternatively
bargain something away
behalf
change over
instead of
lieu
make up for something
name
novate
shoe
sing
someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom
spare
sub out something
substitutability
substitutable
substitute
substitution
substitutive

compensationnoun (JOB PAYMENT)


[ U ]
the combination of money and other benefits (= rewards) that an employee receives for doing their job: 报酬(雇员获得的金钱和其他福利的总和)
annual compensationAnnual compensation for our executives includes salary and bonus under our incentive plan.我们的高级管理人员获得的年度报酬包括工资以及按奖励计划发放的奖金。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Earning money
assessable
bank
base pay
basic
basic income
disposable income
hand over fistidiom
in arrearsidiom
line your pocket(s)idiom
make an honest livingidiom
performance-related
pro bono
pro rata
profit from something
prorate
pull
raise
retainer
revenue
sick pay

Related word


compensatory

compensation | Business English


compensation
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌkɒmpənˈseɪʃən/us(abbreviationcomp)
HR
the combination of payment and other benefits that an employee receives for doing their job:
Annual compensation for our executives includes salary, bonus, and other benefits.
Poor compensation may be hurting recruiting and retention efforts in nursing schools.
LAW, INSURANCE
money that is paid to someone because they have been hurt, or because something has been lost or damaged:
If you can prove that someone else was to blame for your accident, you will be entitled to compensation.
In a case like this, there is no limit to the compensation that can be awarded.
seek compensation for injury
a compensation claim

See also


employee compensation
social security compensation
unemployment compensation

Examples of compensation


compensation
If future generations value nature much more highly, then such compensations will be either unfeasible or inadequate.
Accordingly, compensations for this group of agents should be such that their utility at an efficient allocation of the common resource equals their stand-alone utility.
Adding a feasibility constraint for compensations in the two allocations that are compared with each other, this leads to the following definition.
Without these continual microadjustments and compensations that occur during normal neural ontogeny, more functional impairments and developmental failures might occur than is indeed the case.
Within the category of mortality risks, random fluctuations constitute a pooling risk, as a larger size helps compensations.
Entropy-enthalpy compensations are evident that result in relatively small net free energy changes for the ten combinations despite the large range of stacking exothermicities.
In spite of the problems of widowhood, several people have told me that there are some compensations.
In modern society there are no economic advantages for the individual in having children, and the personal compensations may be less attractive than they were.
Furthermore, an unequal redistribution of excess compensations may easily lead to envy.
The latter criterion is adapted to problems where monetary compensations can be used to facilitate the fair division of the common resource.
They are basically miscellaneous sums connected with the initiation of schemes and may include legal fees and compensations.
Artisanal compensations for the substantive loss of quality are at odds with the real economic situation.
Subsequent chapters describe patterns of self-initiated compensations, and some micro- and macro-interventions aimed at improving the safety of the roads and vehicles for older people.
Do such compensations differ from those observed in developmental cases?
Then, as now, poverty had its own desperate compensations.
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Collocations withcompensation


compensation

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additional compensation
We have also recognised the need for additionalcompensation for farmers whose herds are most affected.
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adequate compensation
In the latter case these actions involve a loss in future well-being unless accompanied by adequate compensation in the form of investments in alternative forms of wealth.
ample compensation
As we noted before, condescension is presented here as the supreme reward, ample compensation for a lifetime of labor.
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