[with obj.](常作be reimbursed)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. 投资者的损失必须偿还。 ■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 reimbursable adjective reimbursement noun 语源
early 17th cent.: from re- 'back, again' + obsolete imburse 'put in a purse', from medieval Latin imbursare, from in- 'into' + late Latin bursa 'purse'