sacrifice

US [ˈsækrɪˌfaɪs]
UK [ˈsækrɪfaɪs]
  • n.牺牲；祭祀；祭品；祭献
  • v.牺牲；献出；以（人或动物）作祭献
  • Web赵氏孤儿；奉献；献祭
Plural Form：sacrifices  Present Participle：sacrificing  Past Tense：sacrificed  

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sacrifice
n.
1.
[c][u]
牺牲；舍弃the fact of giving up sth important or valuable to you in order to get or do sth that seems more important; sth that you give up in this way
The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality.
这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
Her parents made sacrifices so that she could have a good education.
为了让她受良好的教育，她的父母作了很多牺牲。
to make the final/supreme sacrifice(= to die for your country, to save a friend, etc.)
牺牲生命
2.
[c][u]
~ (to sb)
祭献；祭祀；祭献的牲畜；祭品the act of offering sth to a god, especially an animal that has been killed in a special way; an animal, etc. that is offered in this way
They offered sacrifices to the gods.
他们向众神献上祭品。
a human sacrifice(= a person killed as a sacrifice )
用作祭品的人
v.
1.
[t]
牺牲；献出to give up sth that is important or valuable to you in order to get or do sth that seems more important for yourself or for another person
She sacrificed everything for her children.
她为子女牺牲了一切。
The designers have sacrificed speed for fuel economy.
设计者为节省燃料牺牲了速度。
Would you sacrifice a football game to go out with a girl?
你愿意放弃一场足球赛，去跟一个女孩子约会吗？
2.
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以（人或动物）作祭献to kill an animal or a person and offer it or them to a god, in order to please the god

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Every sacrifice and effort of his has found a sense in every space he has been able to earn.
他的每一次付出和努力都能有所收获，他总是在关键时刻挺身而出。
tā de měi yī cì fù chū hé nǔ lì dōu néng yǒu suǒ shōu huò , tā zǒng shì zài guān jiàn shí kè tǐng shēn ér chū 。
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I'm personally trying to figure out what I can sacrifice, while identifying and pursuing specific goals.
我在给自己制定并追求明确目标的同时，也在考虑我需要作出什么样的牺牲。
wǒ zài gěi zì jǐ zhì dìng bìng zhuī qiú míng què mù biāo de tóng shí , yě zài kǎo lǜ wǒ xū yào zuò chū shén me yàng de xī shēng 。
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All of his purchases of recent years had to be liquidated at a great sacrifice both to his healt h and his pocketbook.
近年来他所购买的全部东西都不得不用来清偿债务。这对他的健康和钱包都是损失。
jìn nián lái tā suǒ gòu mǎi de quán bù dōng xi dōu bù dé bù yòng lái qīng cháng zhài wù 。 zhè duì tā de jiàn kāng hé qián bāo dōu shì sǔn shī 。
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Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
以利加拿每逢献祭的日子，将祭肉分给他的妻毗尼拿和毗尼拿所生的儿女。
yǐ lì jiā ná měi féng xiàn jì de rì zǐ , jiāng jì ròu fēn gěi tā de qī pí ní ná hé pí ní ná suǒ shēng de ér nǚ 。
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Efforts and sacrifice out of such a desire cannot be regarded as noble or great .
为此欲之努力与牺牲，不可论之为崇高或之伟大。
wèi cǐ yù zhī nǔ lì yǔ xī shēng , bù kě lùn zhī wéi chóng gāo huò zhī wěi dà 。
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Like their high templar brethren, two dark templar sacrifice themselves in a psionic melding giving rise to the dark archon.
像他们的高圣堂的兄弟，两个黑暗圣堂在牺牲自己心灵感应融合引起的黑暗执政官。
xiàng tā men de gāo shèng táng de xiōng dì , liǎng gè hēi àn shèng táng zài xī shēng zì jǐ xīn líng gǎn yìng róng hé yǐn qǐ de hēi àn zhí zhèng guān 。
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To be Picasso's mistress you had to be prepared to sacrifice oneself entirely on the altar of his art.
要成为毕加索的情妇你必须做好准备完全成为他艺术圣坛的祭品。
yào chéng wéi bì jiā suǒ de qíng fù nǐ bì xū zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi wán quán chéng wéi tā yì shù shèng tán de jì pǐn 。
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It was the practice of these people to sacrifice to their gods when rain had not fallen.
这些人有祭神求雨的习俗。
zhè xiē rén yǒu jì shén qiú yǔ de xí sú 。
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And the senator smiled, as if he rather liked the idea of considering himself a sacrifice to his country.
接着，参议员不禁莞尔一笑，他想到自己是在为国献身，颇有点沾沾自喜的样子。
jiē zhe , cān yì yuán bù jīn wǎn ěr yī xiào , tā xiǎng dào zì jǐ shì zài wèi guó xiàn shēn , pō yǒu diǎn zhān zhān zì xǐ de yàng zǐ 。
10.
The idea of being willing to, as he says, sacrifice a part of his body for a career, you could easily translate that to a whole generation.
按照他的话来说，为了一个职业愿意牺牲自己身体的某个部分，你很容易将之放到整个一代人身上。
àn zhào tā de huà lái shuō , wèi le yī gè zhí yè yuàn yì xī shēng zì jǐ shēn tǐ de mǒu gè bù fen , nǐ hěn róng yì jiāng zhī fàng dào zhěng gè yí dài rén shēn shàng 。
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