sacrificed 牺牲,献出( sacrifice的过去式和过去分词 )
- Who or what have you sacrificed for your art?
你为艺术牺牲了哪个人或什么事吗? - And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
于是给那地方起名叫波金(就是哭的意思)。 众人在那里向耶和华献祭。 - "We are demonstrating yet again after we sacrificed hundreds of martyrs, " he said.
他说,“在数百人牺牲之后,我们仍会进行示威游行活动。”
Sacrifice \Sac"ri*fice\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Sacrificed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sacrificing}.] [From
{Sacrifice}, n.: cf. F. sacrifier, L. sacrificare; sacer
sacred, holy + -ficare (only in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
1. To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a
divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a
token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the
altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor,
or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a
sheep.
Oft sacrificing bullock, lamb, or kid. --Milton.
2. Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for
the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a
higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with
loss or suffering.
Condemned to sacrifice his childish years
To babbling ignorance, and to empty fears. --Prior.
The Baronet had sacrificed a large sum . . . for the
sake of . . . making this boy his heir. --G. Eliot.
3. To destroy; to kill. --Johnson.
4. To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
[Tradesmen's Cant]