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
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- to redress an injustice
纠正不公
- to redress an injustice
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- to seek legal redress for unfair dismissal
因横遭解雇而提起赔偿诉讼 - to have little prospect of redress
几乎没有获赔的希望
- to seek legal redress for unfair dismissal
柯林斯词典
- 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.- 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。
- More and more victims turn to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.
- 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.- 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
- So we're trying to redress the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important.
- N-UNCOUNT （伤害或损失的)赔偿
Redressis 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。
- They are continuing their legal battle to seek some redress from the government.
The noun is also pronounced /'riːdres/ in American English. 美国英语中名词亦读作/'riːdres/。
英英释义
noun
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
verb
- make reparations or amends for
- right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
双语例句
- 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。 - In a just society there must be a system whereby people can seek redress through the courts
在一个公正的社会中，一定会有一套人们可以通过法庭寻求赔偿的体制。 - He did all that he could do to redress these wrongs.
他尽可能地补偿这些错误。 - Much greater effort and investment will be needed to redress inadequate sanitation in the coming years.
今后需做出更大的努力和投入来解决卫生条件不足的问题。 - 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。 - You must seek redress in the law courts.
你应当通过法律途径要求赔偿。 - Redress an injustice, an abuse, etc.
纠正不公的现象、弊端等。 - We need to redress that imbalance.
我们需要修正这一失衡。 - Resolute measures should be taken to prevent and redress malpractice in the recruitment and promotion work.
坚决防止和纠正用人上的不正之风。 - Sustainable urbanization needs to redress environmental deficiencies, air pollution and the degradation of land and water.
可持续城镇化需要解决环境缺陷、空气污染、土地和水资源退化等问题。