sacrificing 牺牲
祭祀
亏本出售(sacrifice的现在分词)
- If you live for others, sacrificing your own happiness, that is a great disservice, both to them and to yourself.
如果你为别人而活,牺牲你自己的快乐,无论是对他们还是对你自己都是一种极大的伤害。 - I told you at the beginning of this article that I needed to lighten up my bike without sacrificing my suspension.
在本文开始的部分,我告诉您我需要在不牺牲自行车避震系统的前提下,减轻自行车的重量。 - Achieving a higher level of abstraction requires that you be able to postpone specification of lower level detail without sacrificing consistency.
达到更高的抽象层次要求您能够在不牺牲一致性的情况下推迟较低层次的细节的规范。
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]