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compensations 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˌkämpənˈsāSHən/,
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compensations, plural;
  1. Something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering
    • - seeking compensation for injuries suffered at work
    • - a compensation claim
  2. The action or process of making such an award
    • - the compensation of victims
  3. The money received by an employee from an employer as a salary or wages

  4. Something that counterbalances or makes up for an undesirable or unwelcome state of affairs
    • - the gray streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa
    • - getting older has some compensations
  5. The process of concealing or offsetting a psychological difficulty by developing in another direction