Translation of sacrifice – English–Traditional Chinese dictionary

sacrifice

verb

/ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs/ us

/ˈsæk.rə.faɪs/

sacrifice verb (GIVE UP)

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to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person

犧牲;獻出

Many women sacrifice interesting careers for their families. 許多女性爲了家庭犧牲了自己感興趣的工作。

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She's had to sacrifice a lot for that relationship.
He's the world's best tennis player but he's sacrificed everything else in his life for it.
He has sacrificed his personal life for the sake of celebrity.
Many women sacrifice their own ambitions to put their family first.
It's the only bit of free time I get in the week and I'm not prepared to sacrifice it.

sacrifice verb (KILL)

[ I or T ]

to kill an animal or a person and offer them to a god or gods

獻祭;以（人或動物）爲祭品

Idiom

be sacrificed on the altar of something

sacrifice

noun [ C or U ]

/ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs/ us

/ˈsæk.rə.faɪs/

sacrifice noun [C or U] (GIVING UP)

the act of giving up something that is valuable to you in order to help someone else

犧牲;獻出

We had to make sacrifices in order to pay for our children's education. 爲了支付孩子們的教育費用，我們不得不作出犧牲。

They cared for their disabled son for 27 years, at great personal sacrifice. 27年來，他們爲照料殘障的兒子作出了偉大的個人犧牲。

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You have to make sacrifices if you want to achieve your ambition.
No one raises a family without making a few sacrifices.
It's a career that leaves you with almost no free time and that's a sacrifice I'm not prepared to make.
She supported her husband throughout his 40-year career and at great personal sacrifice.
We make sacrifices now to give our children a better tomorrow.

sacrifice noun [C or U] (KILLING)

the act of killing an animal or person and offering them to a god or gods, or the animal, etc. that is offered

獻祭，供奉;祭品，供品

The people offered a lamb on the altar as a sacrifice for their sins. 人們在祭壇上獻祭一頭羔羊作爲贖罪的祭品。

Idiom

make the ultimate/supreme sacrifice

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If you all get on well and are prepared to make the same sacrifices to succeed, you might just be" the right stuff".

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There is a belief that environmental protection cannot be achieved without sacrificing economic development to a significant extent.

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However, perhaps he sacrifices too much by going along with the assumption that ' religious ' experiences occurring in the context of brain pathology are unreliable.

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He was the only one who could make sacrifices to heaven.

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Many will make enormous sacrifices in an attempt to realize even a slim chance of making their children's lives better.

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Ridgeologists consider this position unsci atific on the ground that it sacrifices knowledge for the sake of certainty.

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Such women should have refrained from extra-pair mating, sacrificing some genetic benefits they might otherwise have obtained.

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Women gained importance by sacrificing themselves to the 'obscure' realm of a private life and devoting their lives to bearing and rearing great sons.

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Translations of sacrifice

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放弃, 牺牲, 献出…

Translation of sacrifice – English–Traditional Chinese dictionary

sacrifice verb (GIVE UP)

sacrifice verb (KILL)

Idiom

sacrifice noun [C or U] (GIVING UP)

sacrifice noun [C or U] (KILLING)

Idiom

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