compensated
補償された
解説 Definition
「compensated」とは、損害や不利益に対して金銭や他の手段で補償された状態を表す形容詞です。労働や損失に対する対価が支払われた際にも使います。経済や法律の文脈でよく使われる言葉です。
Compensated describes a person or group that has received money or another benefit in return for work, loss, damage, or inconvenience. It is commonly used with for to identify what the payment or remedy covers.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
compensated は compensate「補償する」の過去分詞・形容詞形。原形が e で終わるため -ed ではなく d を加え、compensate＋d とする。語末は /ˌkɑːmpənˈseɪtɪd/ のように -ted を /tɪd/ と発音する。be compensated for overtime/damages「残業・損害の補償を受ける」で覚える。
Connect compensated with the base verb compensate, meaning to balance a loss or effort by giving money or another benefit. Because compensate already ends in silent e, form the past participle by adding only d: compensate + d. The ending is pronounced /ɪd/ after the final /t/ sound, giving a final /tɪd/ sequence. Learn the passive patterns “compensated for overtime,” “compensated for damages,” and “fully compensated.” The word focuses on receiving an offsetting payment or benefit, not necessarily on eliminating the original harm.
例文
The workers were fully compensated for their overtime hours.
労働者は残業時間に対して十分に補償された。
She was compensated for the damages caused by the accident.
彼女は事故による損害に対して補償を受けた。
The company ensured that all affected customers were compensated promptly.
会社はすべての影響を受けた顧客が迅速に補償されるよう手配した。
compensated の類義語・関連語
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compensated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 compensare（釣り合わせる）から。com-（共に）+ pensare（重さを量る）の構成で、天秤で両側を均衡させるイメージが原義。pension（年金）やdispense（分配する）と同根。損失に対して等価のものを与えて「埋め合わせる」意味に発展した。
Compensated is the past participle of compensate, from Latin compensare, “to weigh one thing against another” or “balance.” That verb combines com-, conveying “together,” with pensare, “to weigh,” a frequentative form related to pendere. The underlying image is of balancing two sides of a scale. From this developed the modern sense of providing money or another benefit to offset work, loss, injury, or disadvantage.
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