compensate
atone
redeem【导航词义:赔偿,弥补】
compensate v. 赔偿,补偿
〔辨析〕指因使他人受到伤害、损失等而给予赔偿,也指对某事的不良影响进行弥补,常后接介词 for。
〔例证〕
The lawyer said she should be compensated for the sufferings.
律师说,她应该为所遭受的痛苦得到赔偿。
Survivors were given $30,000 each to help compensate for their losses.
幸存者每人得到3万美元,作为对他们所受损失的补偿。
Her intelligence compensates for her lack of experience.
她的聪明才智弥补了她的经验不足。
atone v. 〈正式〉补偿,弥补
〔辨析〕指弥补过错或赎罪,常后接介词 for。
〔例证〕
He felt he had atoned for his sins.
他觉得他已赎罪了。
He is anxious to atone for his neglect.
他急切地想弥补自己的疏忽之过。
redeem v. 〈正式〉偿清,弥补
〔辨析〕主要指偿还所欠债务,也指对事情进行补救。
〔例证〕
redeem a loan/mortgage
还清贷款/按揭贷款
The single redeeming feature of your behaviour is that you're not denying it.
你的行为的唯一可取之处就是你没有对此否认。
rescue
redeem
save【导航词义:解救】
rescue v. 营救,搭救
〔辨析〕多指从危难中救出某人。
〔例证〕
Survivors of the earthquake were rescued by helicopter.
地震生还者被直升机救了出来。
The soldiers tried every possible means to rescue the local residents trapped by the flood.
士兵们千方百计地营救被洪水围困的当地居民。
redeem v. 拯救,救赎
〔辨析〕一般用作宗教用语 ,指将某人从罪恶中解救出来。
〔例证〕
Christians believe that Jesus Christ came to redeem us from sin.
基督徒认为耶稣•基督是来解救我们摆脱罪孽的。
save v. 解救,挽救
〔辨析〕普通用词,含义广泛,既可指营救某人使其脱离危险,也可指挽救关系、婚姻等。
〔例证〕
A young man saved the child from drowning.
一名年轻男子救起了那个溺水儿童。
He didn't know how to save his friendship.
他不知该如何挽救自己的友谊。
A group campaigned to save the rainforests.
一个团体发起了保护热带雨林的运动。