| 单词 | sacrifice |
| 释义 | Word Frequency sacrifice(ˈsækrɪˌfaɪs) noun 1. a surrender of something of value as a means of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil 2. a ritual killing of a person or animal with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity 3. a symbolic offering of something to a deity 4. the person, animal, or object surrendered, destroyed, killed, or offered 5. a religious ceremony involving one or more sacrifices 6. loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value 7. chess the act or an instance of sacrificing a piece verb 8. to make a sacrifice (of); give up, surrender, or destroy (a person, thing, etc) 9. chess to permit or force one's opponent to capture (a piece) freely, as in playing a combination or gambit he sacrificed his queen and checkmated his opponent on the next move Derived forms sacrificeable (ˈsacriˌficeable) adjective sacrificer (ˈsacriˌficer) noun Word origin C13: via Old French from Latin sacrificium, from sacer holy + facere to make |
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