n.
vt.
- 复数: redresses
- 过去式: redressed
- 过去分词: redressed
- 现在分词: redressing
- 第三人称单数: redresses
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.
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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.
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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。
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...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
- Noun
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1. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- synonym: damages,amends,indemnity,indemnification,restitution
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2. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- synonym: remedy,remediation
- Verb
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1. make reparations or amends for;
- "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
- synonym: right,compensate,correct
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》


