名词

1. (战败国支付的)赔款
Reparations are sums of money that are paid after a war by the defeated country for the damage and injuries it caused in other countries.

2. 赔偿;弥补
Reparation is help or payment that someone gives you for damage, loss, or suffering that they have caused you.

1. something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

e.g. how can I make amends

Synonym: amends

2. the act of putting something in working order again

Synonym: repairfixfixingfixturemendmending

3. (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

e.g. Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I

4. compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

e.g. an act for which there is no reparation