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sacrifice

['sakrifais]

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

例句與用法：

A calf was offered up as a sacrifice to the goddess.

向女神祭獻了一頭犧牲小牛。

The high priest sacrificed the goat on the altar.

大祭司把山羊供奉在祭壇上。

Success in your job is not worth the sacrifice of your health.

以犧牲健康來求得工作上的成功是不值得的。

It's the company's policy to sacrifice short-term profits for the sake of long-term growth.

為長期發展而犧牲短期利潤是公司的方針。

詞形變化：

名詞: sacrificer | 動詞過去式: sacrificed | 動詞過去分詞: sacrificed | 動詞現在分詞: sacrificing | 動詞第三人稱單數: sacrifices |

英文解釋:

名詞 sacrifice:

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

同義詞：forfeit, forfeiture

personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)

a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value

the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

同義詞：ritual killing

(sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners

動詞 sacrifice:

endure the loss of

同義詞：give

kill or destroy

sell at a loss

make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals

以上來源於大辭典