expiate

英['ekspieɪt]美['ekspieɪt]
  • v. 赎罪；补偿；<古>结束

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    ex-，向外，此处表强调。-pi，虔诚，弥补，词源同pity，pious.原指宗教上的虔诚，弥补过失，请求神的原谅。后词义通用化。
      verb(动词)
      1. 赎（罪）;补偿;弥补

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 赎（罪）;补偿;弥补

      to expiate a crime/sin

      抵罪／赎罪

    小知识

    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.

    After the incident on the hill, a mortified Jill expiated her guilt by buying Jack a brand new crown. The shiny new crown served as compensation, or expiation, for the broken one. That it cost her so dearly made the expiatory gesture especially meaningful to poor Jack.

    实用短语

    1. expiate e

      赎罪

    2. atone expiate

      赎罪

    3. expiate sin

      赎罪

    4. expiate a crime

      认罪

    5. capacitance expiate

      电容补偿

    6. accept and expiate

      接受与阐释

    7. expiate one's guilt

      赎罪

    8. to expiate a crime

    同义词

    v.赎,抵偿

    off-set  /  redress  /  pay  /  atone  /  reparation  /  redeem  /  make  /  amends

    同根词

    词根：expiate

    adj.

    expiatory赎罪的；补偿的

    n.

    expiation补偿；赎罪