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/ˌriːəmˈbɜːrs/ · /ˌriːəmˈbɜːs/
To pay money back to someone when they have spent or lost money, especially for work, travel, or an agreed cost.
報銷／償還
過去式 reimbursed過去分詞 reimbursed-ing reimbursing三單 reimburses
核心畫面
Picture someone paying out of their own pocket first — the train ticket, the client dinner — and the organisation later putting that exact amount back. The money travels out and then returns; nobody is being given extra, they are being made whole.
可以想成：一個人先自掏腰包墊了錢——車票、招待客戶的餐費——之後公司再把同樣的金額補回去。錢先出去、再回來；這裡沒有…更多收起
可以想成：一個人先自掏腰包墊了錢——車票、招待客戶的餐費——之後公司再把同樣的金額補回去。錢先出去、再回來；這裡沒有人多拿，只是把墊出去的部分補平。原始詞典資料2 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。
reimburseverb/ˌɹiːɪmˈbɜː(ɹ)s/
- 1
To compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf.
- The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip.
- You can tell this funny monkey story, but please keep and mind and tell people that the man who lost all his fruit to the monkeys was entirely reimbursed.
- 2
To recoup (funds spent).
- He has spent many years on the automaton, and it must have cost thousands of pounds in experiment and construction. He makes no secret of hoping to reimburse his outlay.
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。