atonement
英 [?'t??nm(?)nt]
美[?'tonm?nt]
- n. 贖罪；補償，彌補
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
動詞:?atone;
英文詞源
- atonement (n.)
- 1510s, "condition of being at one (with others)," from atone + -ment. Meaning "reconciliation" (especially of sinners with God) is from 1520s; that of "propitiation of an offended party" is from 1610s.
雙語例句
- 1. True guilt is characterized by a readiness to make atonement for having done wrong.
- 真正的內疚表現為愿意彌補所犯的過錯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He's living in a monastery in a gesture of atonement for human rights abuses committed under his leadership.
- 為了彌補自己當權時對人權的踐踏，他以出家來謝罪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We expect the transgressor to make any atonement possible to him.
- 我們期待犯了過失的人有可能做到的贖罪行為.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The criminal reformed and promised atonement for his acts.
- 那罪犯改過自新,保證贖自己的罪過.
來自辭典例句
- 5. What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?
- 我們該發(fā)明什么贖罪的慶典, 什么神圣的把戲?
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