sacrifice

🇺🇸 /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C1
noun
C1

Giving up something important to get something more important.

Parents often make sacrifices for their children's future.

父母常常為了孩子的未來做出犧牲。

C1

Offering something to a god, often by killing an animal.

Ancient rituals included animal sacrifice to please the gods.

古代儀式包括用動物獻祭來取悅神靈。

verb
C1

To give up something important for something more important.

She chose to sacrifice her free time to help others.

她選擇犧牲自己的空閒時間去幫助他人。

R

To kill an animal or person as an offering to a god.

Some cultures used to sacrifice animals to their gods.

一些文化過去常常用動物向他們的神靈獻祭。

translation

n. 犧牲, 祭品
v. 犧牲, 獻祭

詞形變化

3rd Present sacrifices
Past sacrificed
Perfect sacrificed
Progressive sacrificing
Plural sacrifices