1、compensate

a、赔偿;补偿

The official promise to compensate people for the price rise clearly hadn't been worked out properly.

显然，官方对物价上涨进行补偿的承诺没有真正兑现。

To ease financial difficulties, farmers could be compensated for their loss of subsidies.

为了缓解经济困难，农场主们损失的补贴会得到补偿。

b、抵消

MPs say it is crucial that a system is found to compensate for inflation.

下议院的议员们说关键是要找到一种抵消通货膨胀影响的机制。

The pluses more than compensated for the inconveniences involved in making the trip.

各种有利因素大大抵消了出行过程中的种种不便。

c、弥补(过失或不足)

People who sense that they are inferior have to compensate, and often over-compensate by way of outward achievement.

觉得自卑的人只有通过外在的成就来弥补自己的不足，但往往都做过了头。

No supportive words could ever compensate for the pain of being separated from her children for 10 years.

任何表示支持的言语都无法弥补与孩子们分开10年带给她的痛苦。

2、trigger

a、(枪的)扳机

A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.

一名男子拿枪指着他们，接着扣动了扳机。

b、引爆;启动;触发

The thieves must have deliberately triggered the alarm and hidden inside the house.

盗贼肯定是故意触发了报警器，然后躲在房子里。

The one thousand pound bomb was triggered by a wire.

那颗重达 1,000 磅的炸弹是由一根导线引爆的。

c、引起;发动;促使

the incident which triggered the outbreak of the First World War.

导致第一次世界大战爆发的事件

The current recession was triggered by a slump in consumer spending…

目前的经济衰退是由消费支出骤跌引起的。