| 单词 | compensation |
| 释义 | compensation[ kom-puhn-sey-shuhn ] / ˌkɒm pənˈseɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR compensation ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit. the state of being compensated or rewarded in this way. something given or received as an equivalent for services, debt, loss, injury, suffering, lack, etc.; indemnity: The insurance company paid him $2000 as compensation for the loss of his car. Biology. the improvement of any defect by the excessive development or action of another structure or organ of the same structure. Psychology. a mechanism by which an individual attempts to make up for some real or imagined deficiency of personality or behavior by developing or stressing another aspect of the personality or by substituting a different form of behavior. Origin of compensation1350–1400; Middle English compensacioun<Latin compēnsātiōn- (stem of compēnsātiō), equivalent to compēnsāt(us) (see compensate) + -iōn--ion SYNONYMS FOR compensation3 recompense, payment, amends, reparation; requital, satisfaction, indemnification. SEE SYNONYMS FOR compensation ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM compensationWords nearby compensationcompensated acidosis, compensated alkalosis, compensated grade, compensated semiconductor, compensating balance, compensation, compensation culture, compensation neurosis, compensation order, compensation point, compensatory Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for compensationBritish Dictionary definitions for compensationcompensation / (ˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən) / nounthe act or process of making amends for something something given as reparation for loss, injury, etc; indemnity the automatic movements made by the body to maintain balance the attempt to conceal or offset one's shortcomings by the exaggerated exhibition of qualities regarded as desirable biology abnormal growth and increase in size in one organ in response to the removal or inactivation of another Derived forms of compensationcompensational, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for compensationcompensation [ kŏm′pən-sā′shən ] n.A process in which a tendency for a change in a given direction is counteracted by another change so that the original change is not evident. An unconscious psychological mechanism by which one tries to make up for imagined or real deficiencies in personality or physical ability. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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