redeem

英 [rɪ'diːm] 美 [rɪ'diːm]

• vt. 赎回；弥补；履行；兑现；偿还；解救

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 实践；履行

   carry out;fulfil

2. vt. 使免受责难；挽回

   make free of blame or bring back into favour

3. vt. 补偿；补救

   make sth bad slightly less bad

4. vt. 用金钱赎回

   buy back sth with money

5. vt. 解救，使摆脱；为…赎罪

   buy or gain sb's freedom

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 挽回，收回，取回
2. 履行（契约），尽（义务）
3. 赎回，买回，赎出，赎回来
4. 恢复，改善，修复
5. 将兑取现金，将兑换硬币
6. 解救，赎救
7. 偿还，还清，补偿
8. 补救败笔，补救，弥补
9. 掩饰…之不足，挽回影响，改变形象

英英释义

Verb:

1. save from sins

2. restore the honor or worth of

3. to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange

4. exchange or buy back for money; under threat

5. pay off (loans or promissory notes)

6. convert into cash; of commercial papers

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. She redeemed her reputation with a powerful speech to the party convention.
   她由于向党代表大会做了有力的演说而挽回了自己的声誉。
2. I redeemed my watch from the pawnshop.
   我从当铺赎回了手表。
3. The sole redeeming feature of this job is the salary.
   这份工作唯其薪水尚可弥补一切之不足。
4. Jones redeemed his earlier poor performance by scoring two goals.
   琼斯射入两球方弥补其初时表现之不足。
5. Has the government redeemed all its election promise?
   政府已经履行了他的全部选举诺言了吗？
6. We redeem a promise by doing what we said we would.
   我们怎么说就怎么做,以履行我们的诺言。
7. This coupon can redeem at any of our branch.
   这种息票可在我们的任何分行兑现.
8. The government is redeeming national debt.
   政府正在偿还国债。
9. He tried to redeem the bank loan two years ago.
   两年前他就试图偿还银行贷款。
10. Jesus Christ redeemed men from sin.
    耶稣基督把世人从罪恶中拯救出来。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. The new leader redeemed his promises.
   新领导实现了诺言。
2. He's redeeming the boring dinner.
   他在补救那次令人生厌的宴会。
3. She has redeemed her pawned jewellery.
   她赎回了当掉的珠宝。

经典引文

• Redeem your debt by some small service.

  出自： M. Puzo

• Rembrandt..redeemed articles of jewelry she had pawned.

  出自： J. Heller

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• redeem a duty 履行义务
• redeem one's honour 挽回名誉
• redeem a mortgage 赎回抵押品

～+介词

• redeem from 从…赎回

词义辨析

v. (动词)

redeem, atone, compensate

• 这组词都表示“补偿”。其区别是：
• compensate主要含有“赔偿(损失)”“酬报(劳役)”等意思; redeem主要含有“赎回(抵押品)”“弥补(过错)”“挽回(荣誉)”等意思; atone与for连用表示“赎”“补偿(过失或过错)”,但atone只能用于比较严重的场合。

近反义词

【近义词】

• deliver 递送
• save 救
• fulfill 完成
• recover 恢复
• rescue 营救
• cash in 兑现
• cash 现金
• trade in 以旧换新
• exchange 交换
• convert (使)转变
• compensate for 弥补
• make up for 补偿
• restore 恢复
• redress 赔偿
• release 释放
• liberate 解放
• free 自由的
• emancipate 释放
• ransom 赎金
• salvage 救助
• retrieve 恢复
• expiate 赎罪
• pay 支付
• pay off 偿清(欠款等)...
• make good 偿付
• make 做
• good 好的
• off 表示状态的关闭或离开...