英语单词 | redeem |
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英美音标 | 英 [rɪ'diːm] 美 [rɪ'diːm] |
中文释义 | vt.赎回;弥补;履行;兑现;偿还;解救 |
英语例句 | (1) She redeemed her reputation with a powerful speech to the party convention. (2) I redeemed my watch from the pawnshop. (3) The sole redeeming feature of this job is the salary. (4) Jones redeemed his earlier poor performance by scoring two goals. (5) Has the government redeemed all its election promise? (6) We redeem a promise by doing what we said we would. (7) This coupon can redeem at any of our branch. (8) The government is redeeming national debt. (9) He tried to redeem the bank loan two years ago. (10) Jesus Christ redeemed men from sin. |
中文例句 | (1) 她由于向党代表大会做了有力的演说而挽回了自己的声誉。 (2) 我从当铺赎回了手表。 (3) 这份工作唯其薪水尚可弥补一切之不足。 (4) 琼斯射入两球方弥补其初时表现之不足。 (5) 政府已经履行了他的全部选举诺言了吗? (6) 我们怎么说就怎么做,以履行我们的诺言。 (7) 这种息票可在我们的任何分行兑现. (8) 政府正在偿还国债。 (9) 两年前他就试图偿还银行贷款。 (10) 耶稣基督把世人从罪恶中拯救出来。 |
vocabulary简明 | If you redeem yourself, you make up for wrongs by doing something that makes you seem good again, like when after being irritable and snappy with your grandmother, you redeem yourself by bringing her flowers and apologizing. |
vocabulary扩展 | Redeem comes from the French rédimer, which means "to deliver," and which in turn comes from the Latin for "buy back." In Christianity you can be redeemed by renouncing your sins. Classic heroes fail and then redeem themselves with valiant acts. But redeem doesn't have to be religious or moral. When you turn in a glass bottle for recycling, you redeem it, just as you redeem your coupon for 20% off your next hamburger. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]挽回(声誉);补偿,弥补(过错) If you redeem yourself or your reputation, you do something that makes people have a good opinion of you again after you have behaved or performed badly. [V n] [V-ing]
2 [VERB 动词]挽回;弥补;补救 When something redeems an unpleasant thing or situation, it prevents it from being completely bad. [V n] [V-ing]
3 [VERB 动词]偿还;兑现;付清 If you redeem a debt or money that you have promised to someone, you pay money that you owe or that you promised to pay. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]
4 [VERB 动词]赎回 If you redeem an object that belongs to you, you get it back from someone by repaying them money that you borrowed from them, after using the object as a guarantee. [V n]
5 [VERB 动词](基督教的)拯救,救赎 In religions such as Christianity, to redeem someone means to save them by freeing them from sin and evil. [V n]
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