reparation
🇬🇧 UK/.repә'reiʃәn/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
n.
Compensation made for a wrong or injury; (usually plural) compensation demanded from a defeated nation after a war.
赔偿;补偿;(战后)赔款
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.pay reparations支付赔款
- 2.war reparations战争赔偿
- 3.make reparation作出赔偿
- 4.demand reparations索取赔款
Example Sentences
- 1.
Germany was forced to pay heavy reparations to the Allied nations after World War I.
- 2.
He made reparation for the damage he had caused by personally funding the restoration.
- 3.
The debate over reparations for historical injustices remains deeply controversial.