Sacrifice
[ 'sækrɪfaɪs ]
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n. 牺牲;献祭，供奉;牺牲行为;[宗]基督的献身;
vt.& vi. 牺牲，把…奉献给…;廉价卖出;牺牲，献祭;[棒]作牺牲打;
vt. 献祭;奉献;牺牲;亏本出售;
💡 词根助记
sacri神圣+fice做，制作→为神做的东西→牺牲，牺牲品
📝 例句
The sacrifice has paid off well.
这种牺牲已有了很好的补偿。
Our father won t approve of any sacrifice of studies to sports.
我们的父亲不赞成为运动而牺牲学业。
He is always ready to sacrifice his personal interest to public good.
他随时准备为大家的利益而牺牲自身利益。
A calf was offered up as a sacrifice to the goddess.
向女神祭献了一头牺牲小牛.
Parents often make sacrifices for their children.
父母亲常常为子女作出牺牲。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ s-似“美女”,ac-AC米兰,r-似“花”,if-是否,ice-冰:美女送给米兰队的花是否是冰的牺牲品
※ sa-阿Sa,cri-cry哭,f-拼音“父”,ice-冰:阿Sa哭了,看到飞机碰到冰山坠落下来牺牲了很多人
※ s-似“蛇”,ac-AC米兰队,ri-拼音“日”,fice-拼音“飞车”:一条蛇把AC米兰队缠到日本参加飞车,结果成了牺牲品
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-sacr-表示“神圣”
📖 牛津释义
sacrifice
n
1 ~ (to sb)
(a) [U] offering of sth valuable, often a slaughtered animal, to a god 供奉; 献祭; 祭祀
the sacrifice of an ox to Jupiter 用牛祭祀古罗马主神朱庇特.
(b) [C] such an offering; thing offered in this way 供品; 祭品; 牺牲
kill a sheep as a sacrifice 宰羊用作祭品.
2
(a) [U] giving up of sth, usu in return for sth more important or valuable 放弃某事物（通常指为获得更重要或更有价值的东西）
Getting rich isn't worth the sacrifice of your principles.为致富而牺牲原则是不值得的.
He became a top sportsman at some sacrifice to himself, ie by training very hard, giving up many pleasures, etc. 他付出了一些代价才成为优秀运动员.
(b) [C] thing given up in this way 牺牲的事物
Her parents made many sacrifices so that she could go to university. 她父母为她上大学在多方面作了牺牲. sacrifice, v
1 [Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ to sb; ~ sth (to sb) make a sacrifice(1) of (sth) to sb 供奉; 献祭; 祭祀
sacrifice to idols 供奉偶像
sacrifice a lamb to the gods 以羊羔祭祀众神.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (to sb/sth) give up sth as a sacrifice(2) 牺牲某事物
She sacrificed her career to marry him. 她为了嫁给他牺牲了自己的事业.
The car's designers have sacrificed comfort to economy, ie have made the car less comfortable in order to sell it at a low price. 汽车设计人员为降低造价舍弃了汽车舒适方面的一些设想.
I'm not sacrificing my day off just to go shopping with Jane. 我可不愿意牺牲一天休假日单单陪简去买东西.
🎯 考研助记
三块粉丝(谐音):奉献出三块粉丝- 祭祀 sacred- a.神圣的;sacrifice- v.牺牲{fice使...化} 网友：yqy补充： sacri神圣+fice→为神做的东西→牺牲品[fac,fact,fect,fic,fig=make,do,表示"做,制作"]
🔁 扩展释义
*['sækrifais]n. 牺牲, 供奉, 祭品vt. 牺牲, 祭祀, 贱卖vi. 献祭【法】 牺牲, 损失, 无本出售的商品相关词组: make a sacrifice at some sacrifice of regularity sell sth at a sacrifice
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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Well ... I feel fine about it. Why shouldn't I?
嗯……我觉得不错。为什么不呢？
Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing.
要赞美朋友，莫提及敌人。
Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.
不过，在现实生活中，有时确实会出现一些巧合，这些巧合除了19世纪小说家外谁也不会相信。