| 单词 | sacrifice |
| 释义 | sacrifice n. & v. --n 1. a the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else more important or worthy. b a thing given up in this way. c the loss entailed in this. 2. a the slaughter of an animal or person or the surrender of a possession as an offering to a deity. b an animal, person, or thing offered in this way. 3. an act of prayer, thanksgiving, or penitence as propitiation. 4. Theol. a Christ's offering of himself in the Crucifixion. b the Eucharist as either a propitiatory offering of the body and blood of Christ or an act of thanksgiving. 5. (in games) a loss incurred deliberately to avoid a greater loss or to obtain a compensating advantage. --v 1. tr. give up (a thing) as a sacrifice. 2. tr. (foll. by to) devote or give over to. 3. tr. (also absol.) offer or kill as a sacrifice. Derivatives sacrificial adj. sacrificially adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L sacrificium f. sacrificus (as SACRED) |
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