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atonement

英 [ə'təʊnm(ə)nt] 美[ə'tonmənt]
  • n. 赎罪;补偿,弥补

畅通词汇

词态变化


动词: atone;

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. True guilt is characterized by a readiness to make atonement for having done wrong.
真正的内疚表现为愿意弥补所犯的过错。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He's living in a monastery in a gesture of atonement for human rights abuses committed under his leadership.
为了弥补自己当权时对人权的践踏,他以出家来谢罪。

来自柯林斯例句

3. We expect the transgressor to make any atonement possible to him.
我们期待犯了过失的人有可能做到的赎罪行为.

来自辞典例句

4. The criminal reformed and promised atonement for his acts.
那罪犯改过自新,保证赎自己的罪过.

来自辞典例句

5. What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?
我们该发明什么赎罪的庆典, 什么神圣的把戏?

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