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常考释义
1.[c][u]牺牲;舍弃the fact of giving up sth important or valuable to you in order to get or do sth that seems more important; sth that you give up in this way
The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality.这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
Her parents made sacrifices so that she could have a good education.为了让她受良好的教育,她的父母作了很多牺牲。
to make the final/supreme sacrifice(= to die for your country, to save a friend, etc.)牺牲生命
2.[c][u]~ (to sb)祭献;祭祀;祭献的牲畜;祭品the act of offering sth to a god, especially an animal that has been killed in a special way; an animal, etc. that is offered in this way
They offered sacrifices to the gods.他们向众神献上祭品。
a human sacrifice(= a person killed as a sacrifice )用作祭品的人
1.[t]牺牲;献出to give up sth that is important or valuable to you in order to get or do sth that seems more important for yourself or for another person
She sacrificed everything for her children.她为子女牺牲了一切。
The designers have sacrificed speed for fuel economy.设计者为节省燃料牺牲了速度。
Would you sacrifice a football game to go out with a girl?你愿意放弃一场足球赛,去跟一个女孩子约会吗?
2.[t][i]~ (sb/sth)以(人或动物)作祭献to kill an animal or a person and offer it or them to a god, in order to please the god
Many Olympic movies have been made, trying to capture those universal themes of excellence, commitment, and personal sacrifice.
许多奥运题材电影都力求捕捉诸如卓越表现、奉献以及个人牺牲等共同的主题。
The game is believed to have had religious overtones and, at least occasionally, to have involved human sacrifice.
该游戏被认为具有宗教意义,并有时与人类的献祭有关。
Every sacrifice and effort of his has found a sense in every space he has been able to earn.
他的每一次付出和努力都能有所收获,他总是在关键时刻挺身而出。
I'm personally trying to figure out what I can sacrifice, while identifying and pursuing specific goals.
我在给自己制定并追求明确目标的同时,也在考虑我需要作出什么样的牺牲。
All of his purchases of recent years had to be liquidated at a great sacrifice both to his healt h and his pocketbook.
近年来他所购买的全部东西都不得不用来清偿债务。这对他的健康和钱包都是损失。
Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
以利加拿每逢献祭的日子,将祭肉分给他的妻毗尼拿和毗尼拿所生的儿女。
Efforts and sacrifice out of such a desire cannot be regarded as noble or great .
为此欲之努力与牺牲,不可论之为崇高或之伟大。
Like their high templar brethren, two dark templar sacrifice themselves in a psionic melding giving rise to the dark archon.
像他们的高圣堂的兄弟,两个黑暗圣堂在牺牲自己心灵感应融合引起的黑暗执政官。
To be Picasso's mistress you had to be prepared to sacrifice oneself entirely on the altar of his art.
要成为毕加索的情妇你必须做好准备完全成为他艺术圣坛的祭品。
It was the practice of these people to sacrifice to their gods when rain had not fallen.
这些人有祭神求雨的习俗。
And the senator smiled, as if he rather liked the idea of considering himself a sacrifice to his country.
接着,参议员不禁莞尔一笑,他想到自己是在为国献身,颇有点沾沾自喜的样子。
The idea of being willing to, as he says, sacrifice a part of his body for a career, you could easily translate that to a whole generation.
按照他的话来说,为了一个职业愿意牺牲自己身体的某个部分,你很容易将之放到整个一代人身上。
Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice up to a third of their holidays for the pleasure of travelling on a ship.
相对地讲很少有人肯牺牲三分之一的假日,来换取船上旅行的快乐。
If you give out of a feeling of obligation or a sense of sacrifice, the underlying feeling is one of lack.
如果你是出于不得已的“义务”而布施,或者将布施看成一种“牺牲”,你深层的感觉其实就是“贫乏”。
"Our kids are still really little, and what I am not ready to sacrifice is their livelihood, " she said.
“我们的孩子还真的太小,而我不打算牺牲的就是她们的童年生活,”她说。
The devil demanded that the heart of a little child be offered him as sacrifice.
魔鬼需要他提供小孩子的心作为牺牲品。
I believe they were all got up by a woman who didn't hesitate to sacrifice you to her own convenience.
我认为他们全上了那个女人的当了,那女人为了保住自己不惜牺牲你。
Do not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep that has any defect or flaw in it, for that would be detestable to him.
凡有残疾,或有什麽恶病的牛羊,你都不可献给耶和华你的上帝,因为这是耶和华你上帝所憎恶的。
One example would be to say that you willingly sacrifice your interest for the good of the team in a particular project.
一个例子中说你愿意在个别项目中为了团队着想而牺牲自己的利益。
All that was needed to be a Christian was faith in Christ and his redemptive sacrifice.
要作基督徒只需的是对基督和他代赎的信仰。
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