Insurance companies are trying to recoup their losses by increasing premiums.是什么意思？

Insurance companies are trying to recoup their losses by increasing premiums.

保险公司正试图通过提高保费来弥补损失。

insurance

n. 保险，保险业，保险费，预防措施；adj. [体]巩固球队领先局面，使对手不能因增加一分而成平局的；

例句
My insurance excludes acts of sabotage and damage done by weapons of war.
我购买的保险对于蓄意损坏以及战争中武器造成的损坏不予赔偿。

companies

n. 公司( company的名词复数 )，[军事]连，连队，客人；

例句
The workforce have recently been calling for their working hours to be reduced. Many companies have accordingly switched to a five-day week.
工人们最近一直在呼吁缩短工作时间。许多公司于是转成了一周五天工作制。

are

vi. （用于第二人称单复数现在时，第一、三人称复数现在时）是；n. 公亩（等于100平方米）；

例句
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
我们不敢放纵自己的情感，以免显得太过软弱或缺乏自制。

trying

adj. 令人难于忍受的，难堪的，令人厌烦的；v. 试图( try的现在分词)，试验，尝试，审讯；

例句
Caroline was trying on one outfit after another.
卡罗琳一套接一套地试穿衣服。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

recoup

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例句
Insurance companies are trying to recoup their losses by increasing premiums.
保险公司正试图通过提高保费来弥补损失。

their

pron. 他（她，它）们的，在提及性别不详的人时，用以代替 him 或 her；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。

losses

n. 损失( loss的名词复数 )，损耗，失败，降低；

例句
Price Waterhouse have traced the losses to lenders' inflated assessments of mortgaged property.
普华永道会计师事务所已经查明损失源于贷方对按揭财产估值过高。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

increasing

v. 增加，增大，增多( increase的现在分词 )，增强，增进，[缝纫]放（针），增强；

例句
His increasing alignment with the Reagan administration nearly cost him re-election.
与里根政府日益紧密的关系差点让他失去了连任的机会。

premiums

n. 费用( premium的名词复数 )，保险费，额外费用，（商品定价、贷款利息等以外的）加价；

例句
You pay regular premiums and in return the insurance company will pay out a lump sum.
你定期支付保险费，而保险公司则会一次性给你一笔钱作为回报。