reimburse

表示替别人承担已经花掉的钱，尤其指因公务或代办事项而报销费用。

💡 记忆钩子

把钱先替别人放进“钱包”里，之后再把这笔钱补回去：因此它的核心就是“补偿已经代为支付的费用”，常见于公司报销员工的差旅费。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“报销某人的费用”这一核心意思，再理解更宽泛的“偿还代付的钱”。注意它不是泛指所有付款，而是强调先由某人垫付、之后得到补回。

📖 中文释义

verb

core 报销；偿还代付款

📖 指某人先替自己、公司或其他方面支付了钱，之后由应承担费用的一方把这笔钱补给他，最常见的是公司报销员工的出差或工作费用。

💡 常用模式是“reimburse someone for expenses”或“reimburse someone for money spent on something”。受偿者通常放在动词后面，费用用“for”引出；不要把它当作一般的“付款”，因为它强调先垫付、后补回。

The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip.

公司会报销你出差期间的费用。

She kept the receipts so her employer could reimburse her.

她保留了收据，好让雇主给她报销。

reimburses present,singular,third-person reimbursing participle,present reimbursed participle,past reimbursed past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss

同义词集: recoup reimburse

上位: compensate, recompense, remunerate

pay back for some expense incurred

同义词集: reimburse

Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?

上位: give back, refund, repay, return

🌳 词源

词源本义与“重新放回钱包”有关，后来发展为“把代为支付的钱补回去”。

1591, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”, literally “put in a purse”) (perhaps after Middle French rembourser or Italian rimborsàre), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).

🔄 变式

reimbursed past reimburses present reimbursing present

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