martyr

• vt. 牺牲；折磨；杀害
• n. 烈士；殉道者
• n. (Martyr)人名；(英)马特；(法)马蒂尔

来自拉丁语martyr,来自希腊语martys,见证者，-r,所有格后缀，来自PIE*smer,mer,记住，记忆，词源同memory,remember.后引申词义殉道的人，为教而牺牲的人。

1. one who suffers for the sake of principle

2. one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

martyr

martyr: [OE] Etymologically, a martyr is a ‘witness’ – that was the original meaning of Greek mártur, which came ultimately from Indo-European *mer ‘remember’ (source of English memory, mourn, remember, etc). In Christian usage, the notion of someone dying as a ‘witness’ to their faith led to the application of mártur to ‘martyr’, and it was in this sense that it passed via Latin martyr into Old English.
=> memory, mourn, remember

martyr (n.)

Old English martyr, from Late Latin martyr, from Doric Greek martyr, earlier martys (genitive martyros), in Christian use "martyr," literally "witness," probably related to mermera "care, trouble," from mermairein "be anxious or thoughtful," from PIE *(s)mrtu- (cognates: Sanskrit smarati "remember," Latin memor "mindful;" see memory).

Adopted directly into most Germanic languages, but Norse substituted native formation pislarvattr, literally "torture-witness." General sense of "constant sufferer" is from 1550s. Martyr complex "exaggerated desire for self-sacrifice" is attested from 1920.

martyr (v.)

Old English martyrian, from martyr (see martyr (n.)). Middle English also had a verb martyrize.

the early Christian martyrs

早期基督教殉道者

牛津词典

a martyr to the cause of freedom

为了自由事业而献身的烈士

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She's a martyr to her nerves.

她长期忍受神经紧张之苦。

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...a glorious martyr to the cause of liberty.

为自由事业光荣献身的烈士

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...a Christian martyr...

基督教的殉教者

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St Pancras was martyred in 304 AD.

圣潘克拉斯于公元304年殉道。

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...whether its martyred leader is released or not.

受难的领袖是否被释放

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When are you going to quit acting like a martyr?

你什么时候才能不再摆出一副可怜样？

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Jennifer responded with anger and played the martyr role.

珍妮弗做出愤怒的反应，开始大倒苦水。

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Ellsworth was a martyr to his sense of honour and responsibility...

埃尔斯沃思深为自己的荣誉感和责任感所累。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He said that he was a martyr to his back.

他说他深受背痛的折磨。

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The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.

这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的.

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He would willingly have been a martyr in the cause, had the cause admitted of martyrdom.

如果这一事业允许殉难的话,他会欣然为这一事业献生的.

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He died a martyr in the cause of science.

他为科学而牺牲.

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He always acts the martyr when he has to do the housework.

他一做家务事就装成舍生取义的样子.

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Ultimately, LiuHulan died a martyr bravely at the enemy's hay cutter.

最后, 刘胡兰在敌人购乐学的侧刀下英勇就义.

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WORM superiors to have the Principal Zhao Gong, and named as a revolutionary martyr.

上级为赵先有追记了特等功, 并命名为革命烈士.

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After death , he was posthumously awarded the title of martyr by the military command.

军区在他死后把他追记为烈士.

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Burn with righteous indignation , martyr sacrifices for equality, do the mankind to liberate emancipator.

热血沸腾, 先烈为平等牺牲, 做人类解放救星.

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Sylvia Plath has become a heroine and martyr of the feminist movement.

西尔维亚·普拉斯是西方女性主义运动的英雄和殉道者.

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An account of the life and manner of death of a martyr.

殉教者列传殉教者传记及死亡记录.

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Seal of the Martyr: Tooltip for Judgement damage was incorrect and has been fixed.

殉难圣印: 现在说明将正确显示的殉难审判的伤害.

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He was a martyr for his faith.

他为自己的信仰而献身的烈士.

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He fell into the enemy hands and died a martyr at the age of 26.

他落入敌人手中,壮烈牺牲,那时才26岁.

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In this sense, Hai Zisacrificed himself for poetry and died a poetic martyr.

在这个意义上可以说, 海子为诗歌献身,是一个诗歌烈士.

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But they begrudge every minute of asas using the job asthe martyr.

单他们抱怨着工作的每一分钟,甚至借此来演绎自我牺牲的烈士形象.

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