expiation

[美國]/ˌekspi'eiʃən/
[英國]/ˌɛkspiˈeʃən/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 贖罪;補償 贖罪行爲,彌補錯誤。
Word Forms

短語搭配

seek expiation

尋求贖罪

sacrificial expiation

犧牲贖罪

offer expiation

提供贖罪

ritual of expiation

贖罪儀式

例句

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

有能力通過補償和安撫贖罪的,或能提供補償和安撫的方式的。

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,那多出的半英里是對本週自己放縱飲食的贖罪。

seek expiation for one's sins

爲自己的罪行尋求贖罪

offer expiation for a wrongdoing

爲錯誤行爲獻上贖罪

find expiation through repentance

通過懺悔找到贖罪之路

seek expiation through good deeds

通過善行尋求贖罪

perform acts of expiation

進行贖罪行爲

offer expiation to atone for a mistake

獻上贖罪以補償錯誤

feel the need for expiation

感到需要贖罪

suffering as a form of expiation

苦難作爲一種贖罪

seek expiation for past wrongs

爲過去的錯誤尋求贖罪

an act of expiation to cleanse the soul

一個洗滌靈魂的贖罪行爲

原聲例句

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.

她俯身在那變色的額頭上,擦去上面的汗水,鄭重地吻在那裏。但我不無欣喜地看到她這樣做是爲了贖罪。

來源: 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.

這個大廳的兩側, 在勃艮第古董中如此著名, 由大膽的查理公爵於 1470 年爲贖罪而建造, 兩側裝飾着雕刻精美的木頭隔間。

來源: 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,當站在斷頭臺上時,在這種徒勞的贖罪表演中,丁梅斯代爾先生心中充滿了恐懼,彷彿整個宇宙都在注視着他赤裸的胸膛上的一個猩紅色標記,就在他的心臟上方。

來源: Red characters

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