英语网 单词
atonement的意思
atonement
英 [ə'təʊnm(ə)nt]
美 [ə'tonmənt]
- n. 赎罪；补偿，弥补
英文词源
- atonement (n.)
- 1510s, "condition of being at one (with others)," from atone + -ment. Meaning "reconciliation" (especially of sinners with God) is from 1520s; that of "propitiation of an offended party" is from 1610s.
双语例句
- 1. True guilt is characterized by a readiness to make atonement for having done wrong.
- 真正的内疚表现为愿意弥补所犯的过错。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He's living in a monastery in a gesture of atonement for human rights abuses committed under his leadership.
- 为了弥补自己当权时对人权的践踏，他以出家来谢罪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. We expect the transgressor to make any atonement possible to him.
- 我们期待犯了过失的人有可能做到的赎罪行为.
来自辞典例句
- 4. The criminal reformed and promised atonement for his acts.
- 那罪犯改过自新,保证赎自己的罪过.
来自辞典例句
- 5. What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?
- 我们该发明什么赎罪的庆典, 什么神圣的把戏?
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