expiate
英 [ˈek.spi.eɪt]
美 [ˈek.spi.eɪt]
将“expiate”拆解为“ex”和“piate”。想象“ex”是出去的意思,而“piate”类似于“pie”的发音,可以联想成出去吃一块美味的派,象征着通过某种方式(如赎罪)摆脱了罪恶感或罪责。这种方法通过视觉联想帮助记忆单词的含义。
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expiate 接受惩罚,赎罪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。
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expiate: see pious
- expiate (v.)
- c. 1600 (OED 2nd ed. print entry has a typographical error in the earliest date), from Latin expiatus, past participle of expiare "to make amends, atone for" (see expiation). Related: Expiable (1560s); expiated; expiating.
- 1. He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.
- 他有认错和赎罪的机会。
- 2. Even death would not expiate all his crimes.
- 死有余辜.
- 3. Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.
- 现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过.
- 4. He tried to expiate his crimes by giving money to the church.
- 他以捐款给教会来赎罪.
- 5. I do not wish to expiate, but to live.
- 我不想赎罪, 只想生活.