| 英语单词 | atonement |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ə'təʊnmənt] 美 [ə'təʊnmənt] |
| 中文释义 | n.赎罪;弥补;和解;协调 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Christ's atonement is for the sins of mankind. (2) He sent her some flowers in atonement for his earlier rudeness. (3) The criminal reformed and promised atonement for his acts. (4) We expect the transgressor to make any atonement possible to him. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 耶稣的赎罪是为了人类的罪恶。 (2) 他因先前的粗鲁而向她献花赔罪。 (3) 那罪犯改过自新,保证赎自己的罪过。 (4) 我们期待犯了过失的人有可能做到的赎罪行为。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you apologize for doing something wrong, that’s an act of atonement. Many religions have rituals of atonement, such as Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, on which people of the Jewish faith repent for their sins. |
| vocabulary扩展 | As a religious act, atonement is an effort to make up for wrongdoings so you can be in harmony with a higher power. Look closely at the word: you can break it down to "at," "one," and "ment." Atonement first appears in English in the 1510s, when it meant "the condition of being at one (with others)." About ten years later, the word shows up with a meaning that included “being at one with God.” |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]赎罪;弥补;补偿 If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry. [oft N [FORMAL 正式]
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