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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Compensate \Com"pen*sate\, v. i.
   To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for;
   as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.

Compensate \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Compensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compensating}.] [L.
   compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several
   things with one another, to balance with one another, verb
   intens. fr. compendere. See {Compendium}.]
   1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to
      give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to
      compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his
      losses.

   2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance;
      to make up for; to make amends for.

            The length of the night and the dews thereof do
            compensate the heat of the day.       --Bacon.

            The pleasures of life do not compensate the
            miseries.                             --Prior.

   Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite;
        counterbalance.

资料来源 : WordNet®

compensate
     v 1: adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the
          effects or air resistance" [syn: {counterbalance}, {correct},
           {even out}, {even off}, {even up}]
     2: make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully
        repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third
        Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in
        the accident" [syn: {recompense}, {repair}, {indemnify}]
     3: make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by
        exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being
        a bad father" [syn: {cover}, {overcompensate}]
     4: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
        victims of the Holocaust" [syn: {right}, {redress}, {correct}]
        [ant: {wrong}]
     5: do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay
        you for the work you are doing?" [syn: {pay}, {pay off}, {make
        up}]
     6: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not
        remunerated" [syn: {recompense}, {remunerate}]