英语词汇“expiate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

In the fairy tale, the baker must expiate his father’s sins by bringing the witch three ingredients for a magic potion: a cow, a cape and a slipper. Expiate means to make amends or atone for a wrong you or someone else has committed.

After the incident on the hill, a mortified Jill expiated her guilt by buying Jack a brand new crown. The shiny new crown served as compensation, or expiation, for the broken one. That it cost her so dearly made the expiatory gesture especially meaningful to poor Jack.

WORD FAMILY

expiate: expiable, expiated, expiates, expiating, expiation, expiative, expiatory+/expiable: inexpiable/expiation: expiations/inexpiable: inexpiably

USAGE EXAMPLES

In his letter he also quoted a Buddhist text: “Can a new wrong expiate old wrongs?”

New York Times(Oct 28, 2016)

The idea of national self-preservation at all costs will always be debatable in a country seeking to expiate an inexpiatable sin.

Wall Street Journal(Jul 25, 2016)

His martyrdom, as the President suggested, must not be a cause for mourning alone, but above all for action to expiate his death.

Time(Apr 04, 2016)

v make amends for

expiate one's sins

Syn|Hyper

aby, abye, atone

compensate, correct, redress, right

make reparations or amends for

单词	expiate
释义	expiate (once / 1633 pages) v In the fairy tale, the baker must expiate his father’s sins by bringing the witch three ingredients for a magic potion: a cow, a cape and a slipper. Expiate means to make amends or atone for a wrong you or someone else has committed. After the incident on the hill, a mortified Jill expiated her guilt by buying Jack a brand new crown. The shiny new crown served as compensation, or expiation, for the broken one. That it cost her so dearly made the expiatory gesture especially meaningful to poor Jack. WORD FAMILY expiate: expiable, expiated, expiates, expiating, expiation, expiative, expiatory+/expiable: inexpiable/expiation: expiations/inexpiable: inexpiably USAGE EXAMPLES In his letter he also quoted a Buddhist text: “Can a new wrong expiate old wrongs?” New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) The idea of national self-preservation at all costs will always be debatable in a country seeking to expiate an inexpiatable sin. Wall Street Journal(Jul 25, 2016) His martyrdom, as the President suggested, must not be a cause for mourning alone, but above all for action to expiate his death. Time(Apr 04, 2016) v make amends for expiate one's sins Syn\|Hyper aby, abye, atone compensate, correct, redress, right make reparations or amends for
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