sacrifice

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音标发音

英式音标 [ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs]
美式音标 [ˈsæk.rə.faɪs]
国际音标 ['sækrifais]
英式发音
美式发音

基本解释

n.犧牲；祭品；供奉
vt.犧牲；虧本出售；供奉
vi.獻祭；(棒球)作犧牲一擊

词源解说

13世紀晚期進入英語，直接源自古法語的sacrifise，意爲祭祀品；最初源自拉丁語的sacrificium，意爲祭祀。

词根记忆

sacr(神聖的) + i + fic(做) + e→犧牲是神聖的做法→犧牲
sacr(神聖的) + i + fice(做)→爲了神聖的事情而作出犧牲→犧牲；獻身
sacr(神聖的) + i + fic(做) + e→爲了神聖的事情而去做→犧牲，獻祭
sacri(神聖的) + fic(做) + e→爲了神聖的事情而去做→犧牲
sacr(神聖的) + i + fic(做) + e→供奉是很神聖的→供奉，犧牲
sacr(神聖的) + i + fice(做)→犧牲是神聖的做法
sacr(神聖的) + i + fice(做)→爲了神聖的事情而去做→犧牲，奉獻

同根派生

adj性質的同根詞
sacrificial：犧牲的；獻祭的。

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用法辨析

v. (動詞)

sacrifice用作名詞時基本意思是“祭品”,轉化爲動詞意爲“以…作爲祭品”,引申可表示某人爲了更重要、更珍貴的人或理想而“奉獻”或“犧牲”自己的利益、事業等,含有自我尅制的意味,有時還可表示“賤賣”。
sacrifice衹用作及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。表示“爲…犧牲”時,常與介詞for或to連用。可用於被動結搆。
sacrifice還常接動詞不定式作目的狀語。

英汉例句

用作名詞 (n.)

There were complaints that it was demanding too much sacrifice on the part of ordinary people.
人們報怨要老百姓作出的犧牲太多了。

用作動詞 (v.)

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

Abraham was about to sacrifice Issac.
亞伯拉罕正要用艾瑟尅作祭品。

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词组短语

用作名詞 (n.)

動詞+～

fall a sacrifice to 成爲…的犧牲品
fear no sacrifice 不怕犧牲
make 〔offer〕 a sacrifice 作出犧牲

形容詞+～

great 〔useless〕 sacrifice 巨大〔無用〕的犧牲
needless 〔unnecessary〕 sacrifice 不必要的犧牲

介詞+～

at any sacrifice 不惜任何犧牲
by the sacrifice of principles 犧牲原則

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

(GIVE UP) to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person
(KILL) to kill an animal or a person and offer them to a god or gods
(GIVING UP) the act of giving up something that is valuable to you in order to help someone else
(KILLING) the act of killing an animal or person and offering them to a god or gods, or the animal, etc. that is offered

柯林斯英英字典

To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god.
Sacrifice is also a noun.
If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people.
Sacrifice is also a noun.