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

• Penal redress requires full compensation of the injured person as an instrument for punishing the offender.
  刑事救济中所规定的对受害人进行的充分赔偿同时也是作为对行为人的处罚。
• In such circumstances, cartoons and satirical accounts of somber political events redress.
  在这种环境下，基于阴森政治事件基础上的卡通和讽刺文学纠正了平衡。
• 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。
• Redress an injustice, an abuse, etc.
  纠正不公的现象、弊端等。
• 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。
• He went to the industrial tribunal to seek redress for the way his employers had discriminated against him.
  他上工业法庭寻求他雇主对他歧视的损害赔偿。
• Effective access to judicial and administrative proceedings, including redress and remedy, shall be provided.
  应提供采用司法和行政程序的有效途径，其中包括赔偿和补救措施。
• He did all that he could do to redress these wrongs.
  他尽可能地补偿这些错误。
• Under the circumstances, you have no redress, ie You cannot demand compensation.
  在此情况下，你不能索赔。
• Impossible to remedy or correct or redress. The compensation of property rights.
  不能治疗、医治或赔偿。税务行政赔偿主要是对侵犯财产权的赔偿。