expiate
英 ['eksp?e?t]
美['?ksp?et]
- vt. 贖罪；補償
- vi. 贖罪；補償
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?expiates;過去式:?expiated;過去分詞:?expiated;現在分詞:?expiating;名詞:?expiation;
中文詞源
expiate 接受懲罰，贖罪
ex-, 向外，此處表強調。-pi, 虔誠，彌補，詞源同pity, pious. 原指宗教上的虔誠，彌補過失， 請求神的原諒。后詞義通用化。
英文詞源
- expiate
- expiate: see pious
- expiate (v.)
- c. 1600 (OED 2nd ed. print entry has a typographical error in the earliest date), from Latin expiatus, past participle of expiare "to make amends, atone for" (see expiation). Related: Expiable (1560s); expiated; expiating.
雙語例句
- 1. He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.
- 他有認錯和贖罪的機會。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Even death would not expiate all his crimes.
- 死有余辜.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.
- 現在我將在絞刑架上贖我一切的罪過.
來自辭典例句
- 4. He tried to expiate his crimes by giving money to the church.
- 他以捐款給教會來贖罪.
來自互聯網
- 5. I do not wish to expiate, but to live.
- 我不想贖罪, 只想生活.
來自互聯網