expiate
英 ['eksp?e?t]
美['?ksp?et]
- vt. 贖罪；補(bǔ)償
- vi. 贖罪；補(bǔ)償
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?expiates;過(guò)去式:?expiated;過(guò)去分詞:?expiated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?expiating;名詞:?expiation;
中文詞源
expiate 接受懲罰，贖罪
ex-, 向外，此處表強(qiáng)調(diào)。-pi, 虔誠(chéng)，彌補(bǔ)，詞源同pity, pious. 原指宗教上的虔誠(chéng)，彌補(bǔ)過(guò)失， 請(qǐng)求神的原諒。后詞義通用化。
英文詞源
- expiate
- expiate: see pious
- expiate (v.)
- c. 1600 (OED 2nd ed. print entry has a typographical error in the earliest date), from Latin expiatus, past participle of expiare "to make amends, atone for" (see expiation). Related: Expiable (1560s); expiated; expiating.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.
- 他有認(rèn)錯(cuò)和贖罪的機(jī)會(huì)。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Even death would not expiate all his crimes.
- 死有余辜.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.
- 現(xiàn)在我將在絞刑架上贖我一切的罪過(guò).
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. He tried to expiate his crimes by giving money to the church.
- 他以捐款給教會(huì)來(lái)贖罪.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. I do not wish to expiate, but to live.
- 我不想贖罪, 只想生活.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)