汉译英常见错误 | 没有什么东西能补偿他失去妻子

[译] 没有什么东西能补偿他失去妻子。
[误] Nothing can compensate the loss of his wife.

[正] Nothing can compensate for the loss of his wife.
[注] compensate 后只能跟表示人的宾语,如果是补偿的内容作宾语时,必须用 compensate for,其中 compensate 是不及物动词。