expiate
expiate 英 [ˈekspieɪt] 美 [ˈɛkspiˌet]
vt. 赎罪；补偿 vi. 赎罪；补偿
进行时:expiating 过去式:expiated 过去分词:expiated 第三人称单数:expiates 名词复数:expiates
- In the fairy tale, the baker must expiate his father’s sins by bringing the witch three ingredients for a magic potion: a cow, a cape and a slipper. Expiate means to make amends or atone for a wrong you or someone else has committed.
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- vt. 赎罪；补偿
- vi. 赎罪；补偿
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1. She will expiate herself.
她要赎罪。
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2. 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。
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3. 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。
- expiate (v.) c. 1600 (OED 2nd ed. print entry has a typographical error in the earliest date), from Latin expiatus, past participle of expiare "to make amends, atone for" (see expiation). Related: Expiable (1560s); expiated; expiating.
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