expiate

英 [ˈekspieɪt] 美 [ˈekspieɪt]

v.  为(所犯罪过)接受惩罚; 赎(罪)

过去式:expiated过去分词:expiated现在分词:expiating第三人称单数:expiates

GRE

BNC.38487 / COCA.36529



牛津词典

verb

  1. 为(所犯罪过)接受惩罚;赎(罪)
    to accept punishment for sth that you have done wrong in order to show that you are sorry
    1. He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.
      他有认错和赎罪的机会。

柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 赎(罪);抵偿;补偿
    If you expiate guilty feelings or bad behaviour, you do something to indicate that you are sorry for what you have done.
    1. It seemed that Alice was expiating her father's sins with her charity work.
      似乎艾丽斯正在通过自己的慈善工作来弥补父亲的罪过。

双语例句

  1. It seemed that Alice was expiating her father's sins with her charity work.
    似乎艾丽斯正在通过自己的慈善工作来弥补父亲的罪过。
  2. Even death would not expiate all his crimes.
    死有余辜。
  3. And in the second day thou shalt offer a he goat without blemish for sin: and they shall expiate the altar, as they expiated it with the calf.
    第二天要献一只无瑕的小公山羊为赎罪祭,如献公牛犊所行的一样,为祭坛取洁。
  4. The sacrifice was ordained by the eternal decree of God, to expiate the sins of the world.
    的牺牲被祝圣的永恒上帝的法令,以赎罪的罪恶的世界。
  5. Expiate one's sins by acts of penance. All members of the company had been warned that to interpolate lines or "business" meant a fine or worse.
    用自我惩罚来补偿自己的罪恶剧团的全体成员都受过警告,擅自加台词或动作,要受到罚款或更严重的惩罚。
  6. Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.
    现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过。
  7. Samaria shall expiate her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God.
    撒马利亚必要承当罪罚,因为她背叛了自己的天主;
  8. He tried to expiate his crimes by giving money to the church.
    他以捐款给教会来赎罪。
  9. He hoped to expiate his guilt.
    他希望为他的过失赎罪。
  10. And he shall expiate the sanctuary and the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, the priest also and all the people.
    为至圣所,为会幕和祭坛行取洁礼,为众司祭和全会众人民行赎罪礼。
  11. He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.
    他有认错和赎罪的机会。
  12. He hoped to expiate his guilt over leaving her.
    他希望补偿抛弃她的罪过。
  13. He bought her a hunch offlowers to expiate his guilt about forgetting her birthday.
    他给她买了一束花来补偿忘记她生目的过错。
  14. ( theology) a place where Roman Catholics think those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins.
    (神学)天主教徒认为那些死后经过有限的痛苦赎罪的人呆的地方。

英英释义

verb

  1. make amends for
    1. expiate one's sins

    Synonym:    abyabyeatone