redress 详细解释

redress

[ri'dres]

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

vt.

1. 纠正, 矫正; 革除

He did all that he possibly could to redress the wrongs.

他尽了一切努力革除弊端。

2. 赔偿, 补偿; 补救

词形变化

名词: redresser | 动词过去式: redressed | 动词过去分词: redressed | 动词现在分词: redressing | 动词第三人称单数: redresses |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.赔偿; 补救

repair  remedy  rectify  correct  right  fix  mend  relieve  

英英释义

名词 redress:

a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

同义词:damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution

act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

同义词:remedy, remediation

动词 redress:

make reparations or amends for

同义词:right, compensate, correct

补充

redressredress英:[riˈdres] 美:[rɪˈdrɛs]n.1.补偿, 赔偿; 矫正You must seek redress in the law courts.你应当通过法律途径要求赔偿。vt.1.改正, 修正; 矫正

例句

1. Many whites reject affirmative action as a redress for historic wrongs.许多白人拒绝接受为纠正历史错误而进行的反歧视行动。 2. They sought redress through the law courts.他们通过诉诸法庭寻求补偿。 3. These laws were designed to redress racial inequality.这些法律旨在消除种族不平等的问题。 4. We're trying to redress the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important.我们正在努力恢复口语和书面语之间的平衡, 让教师们感到二者同样重要。 5. It's an attempt to redress the economic imbalance between developed and developing countries.这是一次调节发达国家和发展中国家间经济失衡问题的尝试。 6. King Arthur tried to redress wrongs in his kingdom.亚瑟王设法纠正他国内的弊端。 7. The Railway Administration of Beijing redressed the damage done to my baggage during the transportation.北京铁路局对我的行李在运输中所遭受的损害进行了赔偿。 8. They redressed the grievances done to the chief engineer years ago.他们为好几年前总工程师所蒙受的冤屈平反昭雪。 9. Our class has more girlstudents than boystudents, so we must redress the balance.我们班上女生比男生多,所以我们得平衡一下。 10. the power to redress the grievances of our citizens.为公民洗雪冤屈的权力。 11. some ambitious Architect being called to redress a leaning Wall.找了一位有抱负的建筑师来改直一堵斜墙。 12. those seeking redress for an infringement of public law rights.为公法权利受到侵害而寻求赔偿的人。 13. We hope that all these grievances/problems will be redressed [=remedied] immediately.我们希望所有这些冤屈/问题立即被纠正。 14. It is time to redress the injustices of the past.现在是改正过去种种不公正行为的时候了。 15. "They've been treated unfairly, and it's time to redress the balance. [=make the situation fair]"他们受到了不公正的待遇,现在是公平处理的时候了。 16. Their lawyer has said that they intend to seek redress [=compensation] through the courts.他们的律师说过他们打算通过诉诸法律获得赔偿。