弥补

• 拼音: mí bǔ
• 汉字拆解: 弥 = 弓 (bow radical) + 尔 (phonetic) — to fill, spread, overflow; 补 = 衤 (clothing radical) + 卜 (phonetic) — to patch, repair, supplement

含义

To make up for; to compensate; to remedy; to fill a gap. To offset or correct a deficiency, mistake, loss, or shortcoming.

Broadly used in contexts of emotional repair (弥补感情裂痕), economic compensation (弥补损失), filling knowledge or skill gaps (弥补不足), and making amends for past mistakes. Implies active effort to restore a balance or wholeness that was previously lacking.

例句

1. 他加班加点完成了任务，试图以出色的工作表现来弥补之前失误带来的不良印象。
2. 这笔补贴只能部分弥补农民因洪涝灾害遭受的经济损失，远不足以覆盖全部损失。
3. 无论付出多大努力，有些遗憾终究无法弥补，唯有接受并在遗憾中寻找前进的力量。

用法指南

语境: emotions, finance, self-improvement, relationships

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这项新政策旨在弥补现有社会保障体系中长期存在的制度性漏洞，保障弱势群体的基本权益。(This new policy aims to remedy the long-standing institutional loopholes in the existing social security system and protect the basic rights of vulnerable groups.)
• 她给孩子报了多个课外辅导班，希望借此弥补孩子在基础阶段形成的知识薄弱环节。(She enrolled her child in several after-school tutoring classes, hoping to make up for the gaps in foundational knowledge the child had developed in the early stages.)

错误说法

• 将'弥补'用于描述增加原本就充足的东西 — 弥补特指填补不足或修复缺陷，描述锦上添花应用'增加''补充'或'加强' (Do not use 弥补 to describe adding to something already sufficient — 弥补 specifically refers to remedying deficiencies; use 增加, 补充, or 加强 for enhancement)

起源与历史

弥 = 弓 (bow) + 尔 (phonetic) — to fill, to overflow, to spread; 补 = 衤 (clothing) + 卜 (divination, phonetic) — to patch, to repair. Together: to fill in and repair.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal