| 单词 | sacrifice |
| 释义 | sacrifice (sækrɪfaɪs ) Word forms: sacrifices , sacrificing , sacrificed 1. verb If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people. They sacrificed family life to their careers. [V n + to/for] Her pride was a small thing to sacrifice for their children's security. [V to/for n] Kitty Aldridge has sacrificed all for her first film. [VERB noun] He sacrificed himself and so saved his country. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] Synonyms: give up, abandon, relinquish, lose Sacrifice is also a noun. She made many sacrifices to get Anita a good education. He was willing to make any sacrifice for peace. 2. See also self-sacrifice 3. verb To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god. The priest sacrificed a chicken. [VERB noun] Two white bulls were sacrificed and a feast was held. [VERB noun] Synonyms: offer, slaughter, offer up, immolate [literary] Sacrifice is also a noun. ...animal sacrifices to the gods. [+ to] Quotations: Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so fewspeech to the House of Commons Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heartEaster 1916 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends Bible: St. John You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs Collocations: involve the sacrifice of He recognised that joining would involve some sacrifice of control and independence. Times, Sunday Times Typically, such burials involved the sacrifice and burial of one or more horses to accompany the remains of high-ranked members or warriors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These festivities last about fifteen days ending with a rite called the corta-gallo which involved the sacrifice of a number of fowl. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But we believe otherwise: blended styles are the result of shared sacrifice and spiritual maturity. Christianity Today There has been no 'shared sacrifice' with military families, she says. Times, Sunday Times The first was that popular support from any government austerity programme depends on a perception of shared sacrifice. Times, Sunday Times A great opportunity to teach this shared sacrifice presented itself at a retreat. Christianity Today Protected funding has helped, as has the shared sacrifice by staff through pay restraint. Times, Sunday Times Stepping away and abandoning their chicks, they made the ultimate sacrifice. Times,Sunday Times They are the ones who paid the ultimate sacrifice, but many more have been severely wounded. Times, Sunday Times Secondly, to ensure those who have made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of our nation have not done so in vain. Times, Sunday Times Sadly, on very rare and horrendous occasions, a colleague makes the ultimate sacrifice. The Sun But they all did so with amazing dignity - determined to say farewell to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 牺牲 Japanese: 犠牲 |
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