| 词汇 | sacrifice |
| 释义 | sacrifice verb uk /ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs/ us /ˈsæk.rə.faɪs/ sacrificeverb (GIVE UP)C1[ T ] to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person: 牺牲;献出 sacrifice something for somethingMany women sacrifice interesting careers for their families.许多女性为了家庭牺牲了自己感兴趣的工作。 [ T ] in baseball, to use your turn to bat (= try to hit the ball) to intentionally hit the ball in a way that will end your turn, in order to allow another player to run to the next base or score a run(= point): He sacrificed the runner to third base. She's had to sacrifice a lot for that relationship. He's the world's best tennis player but he's sacrificed everything else in his life for it. He has sacrificed his personal life for the sake of celebrity. Many women sacrifice their own ambitions to put their family first. It's the only bit of free time I get in the week and I'm not prepared to sacrifice it. Stop having or doing something abdicate abdication bandh bomb bomb out break with something butt forfeit forfeitable forgo forsake forswear give up the ghostidiom lay relinquishment self-denying self-denyingly self-renouncing self-renunciation throw You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Baseball & rounders sacrificeverb (KILL)[ I or T ] to kill an animal or a person and offer them to a god or gods献祭;以（人或动物）为祭品 Religious practices agarbatti allocution anoint anointment baptize flagellate flagellation fleishig genuflect genuflection prostration purdah purificatory rebaptize reborn smudging televangelism unbaptized unconsecrated unction Idiombe sacrificed on the altar of something sacrifice noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs/ us /ˈsæk.rə.faɪs/ sacrificenoun[C or U] (GIVING UP)C1 the act of giving up something that is valuable to you in order to help someone else: 牺牲;献出 make a sacrificeWe had to make sacrifices in order to pay for our children's education.为了支付孩子们的教育费用，我们不得不作出牺牲。 at great sacrificeThey cared for their disabled son for 27 years, at great personal sacrifice.27年来，他们为照料有残疾的儿子作出了巨大的个人牺牲。 in baseball, an occasion when a player uses their turn to bat(= try to hit the ball) to intentionally hit the ball in a way that will end their turn, in order to allow another player to run to the next base or score a run(= point): A sacrifice sent the runner to third base. See also sacrifice fly sacrifice hit You have to make sacrifices if you want to achieve your ambition. No one raises a family without making a few sacrifices. It's a career that leaves you with almost no free time and that's a sacrifice I'm not prepared to make. She supported her husband throughout his 40-year career and at great personal sacrifice. We make sacrifices now to give our children a better tomorrow.我们现在作些牺牲是为了给我们的孩子一个更加美好的未来。 Stop having or doing something abdicate abdication bandh bomb bomb out break with something butt forfeit forfeitable forgo forsake forswear give up the ghostidiom lay relinquishment self-denying self-denyingly self-renouncing self-renunciation throw You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Baseball & rounders sacrificenoun[C or U] (KILLING)the act of killing an animal or person and offering them to a god or gods, or the animal, etc. that is offered: 献祭，供奉;祭品，供品 sacrifice forThe people offered a lamb on the altar as a sacrifice for their sins.人们在祭坛上献祭一头羔羊作为赎罪的祭品。 Religious practices agarbatti allocution anoint anointment baptize flagellate flagellation fleishig genuflect genuflection prostration purdah purificatory rebaptize reborn smudging televangelism unbaptized unconsecrated unction Idiommake the ultimate/supreme sacrifice sacrifice | American Dictionarysacrifice verb us/ˈsæk·rəˌfɑɪs/ sacrificeverb (GIVE UP)[ T ] to give up something for something else considered more important: He sacrificed his vacations to work on his book. sacrificeverb (OFFER A LIFE)[ I/T ] to offer the life of an animal or a person to a god or gods in the hope of pleasing them, usually as part of a ceremony sacrifice noun[ C/U ] us/ˈsæk·rəˌfɑɪs/ sacrificenoun[C/U] (OFFERING OF LIFE)the act of offering the life of an animal or a person to a god or gods in the hope of pleasing them, or the animal or person that is offered: [ U ]animal/ritual sacrifice sacrificenoun[C/U] (GIVING UP SOMETHING)the act of giving up something for something else considered more important: [ C ]My parents made many sacrifices to pay for my college education. sacrifice | Business Englishsacrifice noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/us something useful or important that you choose not to do or have, in order to have something that is more important: make sacrificesMost workers have made sacrifices to keep the company alive. The economy is starting to grow and, after six years of sacrifice, to deliver higher incomes. Are the financial savings worth the personal sacrifice? sacrifice verb[ T ] uk /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/us to choose not to do or have something useful or important, in order to have something that is more important: We offer free advice to older people on the best way of paying for care fees without sacrificing savings and other personal assets. sacrifice sth for sthI was prepared to sacrifice my career for my family and my personal life. sacrifice sth to do sthHe sacrificed his position as CEO in order to keep the company going. Examples of sacrificesacrifice There were private sacrifices to a particular imperial house or family. Occasional imprecise splicing can generate new proteins assembled from parts of old ones without sacrificing the original genes. In sacrificing marriages deemed undesirable and striving for economic independence, women frequently displayed a ' waywardness ' and boldness that signified their growing strength and resilience. Moreover, this high-cost sugar was only obtained by sacrificing a larger tonnage, with a lower unit cost, in the next harvest. Failure to do this sacrifices accuracy for simplicity; realities get replaced with poor simulacra of themselves. They required a solution to the problem of how to minimize the risks of overexposure to princely rule without sacrificing its benefits. She abruptly sacrifices the passive, feminine world of the vanity table for military action. There is also the question of "symbolic" sacrifices. The ' team' comes first, and this ethos demands sacrifices. Such women should have refrained from extra-pair mating, sacrificing some genetic benefits they might otherwise have obtained. In many cases believers are not sacrificing at all, but simply (and rationally) exchanging goods or labor for desired services. Education is prized as a means of getting a position with a good salary and parents make considerable sacrifices for their children11. An emphasis in section 3 is on how abstraction capabilities can be supported without sacrificing concreteness. Excepting perhaps the fetuses that are aborted as a result of such a program, no one would be asked to make sacrifices. Utilitarianism does not, therefore, do justice to what is lost for the individual who sacrifices her own nonmoral commitments. See all examples of sacrifice These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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