Martyr

(noun.) one who suffers for the sake of principle.

(noun.) one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion.

(verb.) torture and torment like a martyr.

(verb.) kill as a martyr; 'Saint Sebastian was martyred'.

手打:威特

• Sir Morbury Dedlock, says Mrs. Rouncewell, was, I have no occasion to say, on the side of the blessed martyr. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• By the scallop-shell of Compostella, I will make a martyr of him, if he loiters here to hatch treason among my domestics! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He would abandon a hero's or a martyr's end gladly. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• To whom could the poor little martyr tell these daily struggles and tortures? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Old Sedley forgot these charges as he was making up his last account, and did justice to the gentle and uncomplaining little martyr. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It's perfectly maddening to think of those lovely limes, sighed Amy, with the air of a martyr. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• We have seen pictures of martyrs enough, and saints enough, to regenerate the world. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• A matinee for the little folks is promised for this afternoon, on which occasion several martyrs will be eaten by the tigers. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• All who know us are aware that although we are at times justly severe upon tigers and martyrs, we never intentionally offend gladiators. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But Howe’s life was a fight, and his triumph that of one of the great martyrs of invention. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Here and there, on the fronts of roadside inns, we found huge, coarse frescoes of suffering martyrs like those in the shrines. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Fourth--Some twelve or fifteen canonized Popes and martyrs. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He was martyred, I think. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• She found it in this very spot, close to where the martyred Roman soldier stood. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He would abandon a hero's or a martyr's end gladly. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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