音标:[rɪˈdrest] ;
v. 改正( redress的过去式和过去分词 ); 重加权衡; 恢复平衡
v make reparations or amends for

redress的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  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。
  2. You must seek redress in the law courts for the damage to your car.你的车子受到了损坏,你应当通过法律途径要求赔偿。
  3. 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。
  4. A fault confessed is half redress.认错改正一半错。
用作动词(v.)
  1. The team has more men than women so we must redress the balance.这个队男的多女的少,所以我们得纠正平衡一下。
  2. He did all that he could do to redress these wrongs.他尽可能地纠正这些错误。
  3. He did all that he possibly could to redress the wrongs.他尽了一切努力革除弊端。

词汇搭配

  • redress the balance作公平的调整...
  • seek redress要求赔偿
  • redress damage赔偿损失
  • redress the scale公平处理
  • redress the scales作公平的调整...

经典引文

  • They find themselves unable to get redress following a complaint.

    出自:Which?
  • No calamity which right words will not begin to redress.

    出自:R. W. Emerson
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