n. return,reward报答,酬劳。
△Tw.5.1.376 (364): “In recompense whereof he hath marriedher ” 为了酬劳她,他已经娶她为妻。
△Ado.5.4.83:“No.truly,but in friendly recompense ”老实说,不爱你,只是友谊的报答。
recompense
vt.
1. reward. requite酬报,报答。
△Tw.1.5.273 (252):“O,such love could be but recompensed. though youwere crowned / The nonpareil of beauty.” i.e. suchlove could only be evenly rewarded by your love eventhough you were crowned queen of beauty without e-qual. 啊,这样的爱情若得到你的回报也是理所应当,纵然你算是盖世无双的美人。
2. compensate,make amends for补偿,赔偿。
△As.2.3. 75: “Yet fortune cannot recompense me better /Than to die well,and not my master's debtor.”但是命运所能给我的最大的补偿,就是我还能死得其所,无负于我的主人。
△1H.VI.3.1.159: “Let Richard be restored to hisblood. So shall his father's wrongs be recompensed ”让理查的世袭权利得到恢复吧,这样他父亲的冤情就可以得到补偿。
recompense[ˈrekəmpens]
v.& n.回报,赔偿
◇ in recompense for用…补偿
out recompense没有报酬的工作