redress

英 [rɪˈdres]

美 [rɪˈdres]

v.  纠正; 矫正; 改正
n.  赔款; 损失赔偿

现在分词：redressing　过去分词：redressed　第三人称单数：redresses　过去式：redressed　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11593 / COCA.16594

习惯用语

v.

redress the balance
• 恢复公平合理的情况；恢复平衡
  to make a situation equal or fair again

牛津词典

verb

• 纠正；矫正；改正
  to correct sth that is unfair or wrong
  1. to redress an injustice
     纠正不公

noun

• 赔款；损失赔偿
  payment, etc. that you should get for sth wrong that has happened to you or harm that you have suffered
  1. to seek legal redress for unfair dismissal
     因横遭解雇而提起赔偿诉讼
  2. to have little prospect of redress
     几乎没有获赔的希望

柯林斯词典

The noun is also pronounced /'riːdres/ in American English. 美国英语中名词亦读作/'riːdres/。


• VERB 矫正;纠正;改正
  If youredresssomething such as a wrong or a complaint, you do something to correct it or to improve things for the person who has been badly treated.
  1. More and more victims turn to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.
     越来越多的受害人通过诉讼来申雪冤屈。
• VERB 调整;调节
  If youredressthe balance or the imbalance between two things that have become unfair or unequal, you make them fair and equal again.
  1. So we're trying to redress the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important.
     所以我们正努力恢复平衡，让教师们感到口语和书面语同样重要。
  2. ...to redress the economic imbalance between the developed countries and the developing countries.
     解决发达国家和发展中国家间的经济失衡问题
• N-UNCOUNT （伤害或损失的)赔偿
  Redressis money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or loss.
  1. They are continuing their legal battle to seek some redress from the government.
     他们正在继续进行法律斗争以向政府寻求一些赔偿。

英英释义

noun

• act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
  Synonym:remedyremediation
• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
  Synonym:damagesamendsindemnityindemnificationrestitution

verb

• make reparations or amends for
  1. right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
  Synonym:rightcompensatecorrect

双语例句

• 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。
• If you already know it is bad and do it, you commit a sin difficult to redress.
  如果你已经知道它是坏事还做它，你就犯了一个难以矫正的罪恶。
• They are seeking redress in the courts.
  他们在法庭上要求赔偿。
• More and more victims turn to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.
  越来越多的受害人通过诉讼来申雪冤屈。
• We need to redress that imbalance.
  我们需要修正这一失衡。
• Much of the work to redress health inequities lies beyond the health sector.
  在消除卫生不公平方面的多数工作超出了卫生部门的范围。
• So we're trying to redress the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important.
  所以我们正努力恢复平衡，让教师们感到口语和书面语同样重要。
• We want to redress some of the injustices of the past.
  我们想矫正过的一些冤案。
• Jurisdictions around the world have paved the way for further progress in ensuring legal redress.
  世界各地的管辖权为确保法律补救取得进一步进展铺平了道路。
• The visiting team were one man short and so I played for them to redress the balance.
  客队缺少一个人，为了保持平衡，我参加了他们的队。