n. return,reward報答,酬勞。
△Tw.5.1.376 (364): “In recompense whereof he hath marriedher ” 為了酬勞她,他已經娶她為妻。
△Ado.5.4.83:“No.truly,but in friendly recompense ”老實說,不愛你,只是友誼的報答。
recompense
vt.
1. reward. requite酬報,報答。
△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,這樣的愛情若得到你的回報也是理所應當,縱然你算是蓋世無雙的美人。
2. compensate,make amends for補償,賠償。
△As.2.3. 75: “Yet fortune cannot recompense me better /Than to die well,and not my master's debtor.”但是命運所能給我的最大的補償,就是我還能死得其所,無負于我的主人。
△1H.VI.3.1.159: “Let Richard be restored to hisblood. So shall his father's wrongs be recompensed ”讓理查的世襲權利得到恢復吧,這樣他父親的冤情就可以得到補償。
recompense[?rek?mpens]
v.& n.回報,賠償
◇ in recompense for用…補償
out recompense沒有報酬的工作