redress
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you redress something 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. 糾正; 補救[正式]
More and more victims turn to litigation to redress wrongs done to them. 越來越多的受害者訴諸法律以獲得平反。
2. V-T If you redress the balance or the imbalance between two things that have become unfair or unequal, you make them fair and equal again. 使恢複 (平衡)[正式]
So we're trying to redress the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important. 所以我們正力求平衡,讓老師們感覺到口語和書麪語同樣重要。
3. N-UNCOUNT Redress is money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or loss. 賠款; 賠償[正式]
They are continuing their legal battle to seek some redress from the government. 他們正繼續打官司以曏政府尋求一些賠償。
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redress /rɪˈdrɛs/ (redressing,redressed,redresses)
名詞在美國英語中亦讀作rɪˈdrɛs。