sacrifice
翻譯
犧牲, 祭品
例句
Parents make many sacrifices for their children.
父母為孩子做出許多犧牲。
They made a sacrifice to the gods.
他們向神獻祭。
文法模式
a sacrifice ((for sb./sth.)) (為某人/某事做出的)犧牲. It was a great sacrifice for her to move.
to make a sacrifice 做出犧牲. He made a sacrifice to save his friend.
近義詞
同義詞: offering, surrender, loss
詞源
源自拉丁語“sacrificium”,由“sacer”(神聖的)和“facere”(做,製造)組成。字面意思是「使之神聖」。
記憶技巧
為了「使」某物「神聖」(sacer + facere),你把它作為祭品獻出。