expiation

[美]/ˌekspi'eiʃən/
[英]/ˌɛkspiˈeʃən/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 赎罪;补偿 赎罪行为,弥补错误。
词形变化

短语搭配

seek expiation

寻求赎罪

sacrificial expiation

牺牲赎罪

offer expiation

提供赎罪

ritual of expiation

赎罪仪式

例句

having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation.

有能力通过补偿和安抚赎罪的,或能提供补偿和安抚的方式的。

Friday will bring a 5.5-mile run, the extra half-mile my grueling expiation of any gastronomical indulgences during the week.

星期五跑5.5英里,那多出的半英里是对本周自己放纵饮食的赎罪。

seek expiation for one's sins

为自己的罪行寻求赎罪

offer expiation for a wrongdoing

为错误行为献上赎罪

find expiation through repentance

通过忏悔找到赎罪之路

seek expiation through good deeds

通过善行寻求赎罪

perform acts of expiation

进行赎罪行为

offer expiation to atone for a mistake

献上赎罪以补偿错误

feel the need for expiation

感到需要赎罪

suffering as a form of expiation

苦难作为一种赎罪

seek expiation for past wrongs

为过去的错误寻求赎罪

an act of expiation to cleanse the soul

一个洗涤灵魂的赎罪行为

原声例句

She stooped to that discolored brow, wiped the perspiration from it and laid a kiss there solemnly; but I saw, not without joy, that she did it as an expiation.

她俯身在那变色的额头上,擦去上面的汗水,郑重地吻在那里。但我不无欣喜地看到她这样做是为了赎罪。

来源: Lily of the Valley (Part 1)

The two great sides of this hall, so celebrated among Burgundian antiquaries, and built by the Duke, Charles the Bold, about 1470 in expiation of some sin, were adorned with richly sculptured wooden stalls.

这个大厅的两侧, 在勃艮第古董中如此著名, 由大胆的查理公爵于 1470 年为赎罪而建造, 两侧装饰着雕刻精美的木头隔间。

来源: The Red and the Black (Part One)

And thus, while standing on the scaffold, in this vain show of expiation, Mr. Dimmesdale was overcome with a great horror of mind, as if the universe were gazing at a scarlet token on his naked breast, right over his heart.

因此,当站在断头台上时,在这种徒劳的赎罪表演中,丁梅斯代尔先生心中充满了恐惧,仿佛整个宇宙都在注视着他赤裸的胸膛上的一个猩红色标记,就在他的心脏上方。

来源: Red characters

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