sacrifice
翻译
牺牲, 祭品
例句
Parents make many sacrifices for their children.
父母为孩子做出许多牺牲。
They made a sacrifice to the gods.
他们向神献祭。
语法模式
a sacrifice ((for sb./sth.)) （为某人/某事做出的）牺牲. It was a great sacrifice for her to move.
to make a sacrifice 做出牺牲. He made a sacrifice to save his friend.
近义词
同义词: offering, surrender, loss
词源
源自拉丁语“sacrificium”，由“sacer”（神圣的）和“facere”（做，制造）组成。字面意思是“使之神圣”。
记忆技巧
为了“使”某物“神圣”（sacer + facere），你把它作为祭品献出。