redress

英 [rɪ'dres] 美 [rɪ'dres]

• n. 赔偿；救济；矫正；缓解
• v. 纠正；补偿；革除；惩罚；<古>报答；恢复

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

2. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

Verb:

1. make reparations or amends for;

   "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Any man deserves redress if he has been injured unfairly.
   任何人若蒙受不公平的损害都应获得赔偿。
2. You must seek redress in the law courts for the damage to your car.
   你的车子受到了损坏，你应当通过法律途径要求赔偿。
3. If the statute of limitations has run,the plaintiff is without redress.
   如果过了法定诉讼时效，原告将无法得到救济。
4. A fault confessed is half redress.
   认错改正一半错。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The team has more men than women so we must redress the balance.
   这个队男的多女的少,所以我们得纠正平衡一下。
2. He did all that he could do to redress these wrongs.
   他尽可能地纠正这些错误。
3. He did all that he possibly could to redress the wrongs.
   他尽了一切努力革除弊端。

经典引文

• They find themselves unable to get redress following a complaint.

  出自：Which?

• No calamity which right words will not begin to redress.

  出自： R. W. Emerson

词汇搭配

• redress the balance 作公平的调整...
• seek redress 要求赔偿
• redress damage 赔偿损失
• redress the scale 公平处理
• redress the scales 作公平的调整...

近反义词

【近义词】

• remedy 治疗法
• right 正确的
• rectify 改正
• damages 损害赔偿
• amends 赔偿
• compensation 补偿
• reparation 补偿
• recompense 补偿
• reimbursement 偿还
• restore 恢复
• level out (爬高后)水平移动, (...
• equalize （使）相等
• put right 改正
• even out (使)相等
• set right 改正(健康
• balance out 抵消
• correct 正确的
• repair 修理
• fix 使 ... 固定
• mend 修理
• relieve 救济
• indemnification 赔偿
• compensate 补偿
• remediation 矫正
• restitution 归还
• indemnity 保证