redress

[英] [rɪˈdres] [美] [rɪˈdrɛs] 生词本

n.

vt.

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The noun is also pronounced /'riːdres/ in American English. 美国英语中名词亦读作/'riːdres/。
1. VERB 矫正;纠正;改正 If you redress something 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. 
  • 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。

2. VERB 调整;调节 If you redress the balance or the imbalance between two things that have become unfair or unequal, you make them fair and equal again. 
  • 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。

  • ...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

3. N-UNCOUNT (伤害或损失的)赔偿 Redress is money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or loss. 
  • 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。

Noun

1. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

2. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

Verb

1. make reparations or amends for;

  • "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

法律

  • 1.补偿

计算机

  • 1.调整,纠正
1. Any man deserves redress if he has been injured unfairly.
任何人若蒙受不公平的损害都应获得赔偿。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. Nowadays, it appears that too many films are being produced, and a tax on films will help to redress the balance.
时下制作的电影太多了,看来应该征收电影稅来改变这种局面。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. You must seek redress in the law courts.
你应当通过法律途径要求赔偿。

来自《简明英汉词典》