reimburse
/ˌriːɪmˈbɜːs/verb
with obj.(常作be reimbursed)
1- repay (a person who has spent or lost money)偿还, 向(花钱或损失金钱之人)偿付; 给报销:
the investors should be reimbursed for their losses.
投资者的损失应予以补偿。
1.1
- repay (a sum of money that has been spent or lost)偿还(所花或损失的钱); 报销(一笔钱):
they spend thousands of dollars which are not reimbursed by insurance.
他们花去了几千美元, 保险公司却不予赔偿。
派生词
reimbursable
adjectivereimbursement
noun词源
early 17th cent.: from RE- 'back, again' + obsolete imburse 'put in a purse', from medieval Latin imbursare, from in- 'into' + late Latin bursa 'purse'.