sacrifice
英 ['sækrɪfaɪs]
美['sækrɪfaɪs]
- n. 牺牲;祭品;供奉
- vt. 牺牲;献祭;亏本出售
- vi. 献祭;奉献
英英释意
- 1. the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- 2. personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- 3. a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value;
- "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
- 4. the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- 5. (sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners
双语例句
- 1. He was willing to make any sacrifice for peace.
- 他愿意为和平作出任何牺牲。
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- 2. No one is worth a great deal of sacrifice.
- 没有谁值得付出重大的牺牲。
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- 3. The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice.
- 旧时一些有名的巫师经常以祭品祈求他们所供奉神灵的助佑。
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- 4. I thanked my parents for all their self-sacrifice on my behalf.
- 我感谢父母为我做出的所有自我牺牲。
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- 5. We sacrifice our personal lives to our work.
- 我们为工作牺牲了私人生活。
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