n. return,reward報(bào)答，酬勞。
△Tw.5.1.376 (364): “In recompense whereof he hath marriedher ” 為了酬勞她，他已經(jīng)娶她為妻。
△Ado.5.4.83:“No.truly,but in friendly recompense ”老實(shí)說(shuō)，不愛(ài)你，只是友誼的報(bào)答。
recompense
vt.
1. reward. requite酬報(bào)，報(bào)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(ài)情若得到你的回報(bào)也是理所應(yīng)當(dāng)，縱然你算是蓋世無(wú)雙的美人。
2. compensate,make amends for補(bǔ)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(yùn)所能給我的最大的補(bǔ)償，就是我還能死得其所，無(wú)負(fù)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(quán)利得到恢復(fù)吧，這樣他父親的冤情就可以得到補(bǔ)償。
recompense[?rek?mpens]
v.& n.回報(bào)，賠償
◇ in recompense for用…補(bǔ)償
out recompense沒(méi)有報(bào)酬的工作