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单词 sacrifice
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sacrifice

noun
 
/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1.  
    the fact of giving up something important or valuable to you in order to get or do something that seems more important; something that you give up in this way
    • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality.
    • Her parents made sacrifices so that she could have a good education.
    • to make the ultimate/supreme sacrifice (= to die for your country, to save a friend, etc.)
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • considerable
    • enormous
    • …
    verb + sacrifice
    • be
    • make
    • involve
    • …
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  2.  
    sacrifice (to somebody) the act of offering something to a god, especially an animal that has been killed in a special way; an animal, etc. that is offered in this way
    • They offered sacrifices to the gods.
    • a human sacrifice (= a person killed as a sacrifice)
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • animal
    • human
    • pagan
    • …
    verb + sacrifice
    • perform
    • offer (something as)
    preposition
    • sacrifice to
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    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin sacrificium; related to sacrificus ‘sacrificial’, from sacer ‘holy’.

sacrifice

verb
 
/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sacrifice
/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/
he / she / it sacrifices
/ˈsækrɪfaɪsɪz/
/ˈsækrɪfaɪsɪz/
past simple sacrificed
/ˈsækrɪfaɪst/
/ˈsækrɪfaɪst/
past participle sacrificed
/ˈsækrɪfaɪst/
/ˈsækrɪfaɪst/
-ing form sacrificing
/ˈsækrɪfaɪsɪŋ/
/ˈsækrɪfaɪsɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [transitive] to give up something that is important or valuable to you in order to get or do something that seems more important for yourself or for another person
    • sacrifice something for somebody/something She sacrificed everything for her children.
    • The designers have sacrificed speed for fuel economy.
    • sacrifice something Would you sacrifice a football game to go out with a girl?
    • sacrifice something to something In her writing, clarity is sometimes sacrificed to brevity.
    Extra Examples
    • soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country
    • Comfort has been sacrificed for the sake of improved performance.
    • She was prepared to sacrifice having a family in order to pursue her career.
    • He sacrificed a rook in order to win his opponent’s queen.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gladly
    • willingly
    verb + sacrifice
    • be forced to
    • be obliged to
    • have to
    • …
    preposition
    • for
    • to
    phrases
    • sacrifice something for the sake of something
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  2. [transitive, intransitive] sacrifice (somebody/something) to kill an animal or a person and offer it or them to a god, in order to please the godTopics Religion and festivalsc1
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin sacrificium; related to sacrificus ‘sacrificial’, from sacer ‘holy’.
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