抵掉壞處的好處
天平另一端放的不是錢，而是任何能讓這件事沒那麼難受的東西——可以是境遇裡的小確幸，也可以是人自己長出來的能力。
something that eases a bad situation · noun · B2
Something good that makes a bad or difficult situation feel a little better.
安慰；好處
核心畫面
Picture a pair of scales that has tipped: something was taken away on one side, and now something is put on the other side to bring it level again. The word names whatever goes on that second pan — a , a small good thing in a bad week, a strength grown to cover a weakness, or the pay that answers the hours you gave.
可以想成：一座天平歪了——一邊被拿走了什麼，於是另一邊放上東西，把它拉回水平。這個字指的就是放上去的那樣東西：一張支…更多收起
可以想成：一座天平歪了——一邊被拿走了什麼，於是另一邊放上東西，把它拉回水平。這個字指的就是放上去的那樣東西：一張支票、糟糕的一週裡一件小小的好事、為了蓋過弱點而長出來的強項，或是回應你付出的工時的那份薪水。From the picture
Also in this word
money paid for harm · noun · B2
Money that is paid to someone because they have been hurt, have lost something, or have had something of theirs damaged.
賠償金
pay for work · noun · C1
The money and other rewards someone is paid for the work they do in their job.
薪酬
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
compensationnoun/ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/
- 1
The act or principle of compensating.
- Human labor, through all its forms, from the sharpening of a stake to the construction of a city or an epic, is one immense illustration of the perfect compensation of the universe.
- 2
Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
- The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations […] vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners.
- No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.
- 3
businessfinanceThe extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.
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A recompense or reward for service.
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businessreal-estateAn equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
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The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.
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medicineneurosciencesciencesThe ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke).
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。