Amends

(n. sing. & pl.) Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

凯西整理

• Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Her idea was my refuge in disappointment and distress, and made some amends to me, even for the loss of my friend. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It seems to me, after maturely thinking it over, that the best amends for having got out of the square is to get back into the square. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This was the way I brought myself to think, mother, that my best amends was to lie upon that bed I had made, and die upon it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• At that instant, she felt that years of happiness could not make Jane or herself amends for moments of such painful confusion. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I told the gentleman at first, when he told me upstairs it was come to light, that I would answer for your being umble, and making amends. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I would rather do without something for ourselves, to make some amends to my poor brother's family. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• My sex owes you every amends for the treatment you received in days gone by. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The best kind of amends then for having gone away is to keep away, in my opinion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• And I don't believe in any pay to make amends for bringing a lot of ruffians to trample your crops. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Her captor alone could cheer her; his society only could make amends for the lost privilege of liberty. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But your homely fare is before you; feed, and let welcome make amends for hard fare. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• As the best amends I can make you for having ever gone into it, I make known to you, as a warning, what Wegg has found out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Hereafter I will make amends for delay by candour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Not even to try to make some amends? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

校对:克劳斯