compensate: implies making up a lack or making amends for loss or injury: ~ed for an injury on the job.  (to make amends for补偿弥补损失伤害过失等，如she was sincere in her wish to make amends for the past她真诚希望弥补从前的过失)


countervail: suggests counteracting a bad or harmful influence or overcoming the damage suffered through it: a compassionate heart ~ed his short temper.   （counteract抵消implies an opposition between two things that nullify the effect of one or both互相抵消效力，如poor eating habits will have a counteractive effect on any gains from exercise不良饮食习惯会抵消运动带来的好处， 如these exercises aim to counteract the effects of stress and tension这些训练旨在抵消压力与紧张的影响）


balance: implies the equalizing or adjusting of two or more things that are contrary or opposed so that no one outweighs the other in effect: in sentencing prisoners, the judge ~ed justice and mercy.    (又如balance of an account帐户收支平衡/或叫差额refers to difference between credits and debits in an account收支差额，如balance of trade贸易平衡/差额the difference between a country's imports and exports进出口差额，作名词时balance表示天平，the Balance是天平座，也叫Libra)


offset: implies neutralizing one thing’s good or evil effect by the contrary effect of another: overeating will ~ the benefits of exercise.


compensate弥补补偿: 指补足欠缺或补偿损失，countervail弥补补偿: 表示抵消不良影响，balance平衡: 指调节均衡互相抵触的事物，使一方不比另一方强，offset抵消: 指一事物坏/好的效果中和另一事物好/坏的效果


记忆方法: 1）首字母CCBO想成建行CCB网点Office<==弥补       "弥"的意思是"水满"，另外表示"更加"，如久而弥笃； "补"的意思是"使破衣服变得完整"，如补充补贴多退少补

         2）弥补的意思是抵消另一事物的多寡利弊mean to make up for what is excessive or deficient, helpful or harmful in another.   （make up for弥补补足补偿，如令人不快的遭遇或损失to make up for a bad experience or the loss of something means to make the situation better or make the person involved happier，如ask for an extra compensation payment to make up for the stress you have been caused为补偿你为此承受的压力，你要申请额外的补偿金）