reparation

英 [,rep?'re??(?)n] 美[?rep??re??n]
  • n. 賠償;修理;賠款

英英釋意


1. compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury;
"an act for which there is no reparation"
2. (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors;
"Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after Wordl War I"
3. the act of putting something in working order again
4. something done or paid in expiation of a wrong;
"how can I make amends"