Expiate
[ 'ɛkspɪet ]
出国 Abroad
vt. <正>为（所犯罪过）接受惩罚，赎（罪）;
📝 例句
expiate oneself
赎罪, 偿罪expiatesin[acrime]赎罪
expiate one's sins by acts of penance.
用自我惩罚来补偿自己的罪恶
Even death would not expiate all his crimes.
死有余辜。
not be able to expiate the disaster
无法避开这一灾祸
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。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ ex-前缀“出”,pi-pious虔诚的:显出虔诚的态度→赎罪
※ ex-前缀“出”,pi-拼音“屁”,ate吃:为了赎罪把pi吃掉!
📖 牛津释义
expiate
v[Tn]
(fml 文) accept punishment for (wrong one has done) and do something to show one is sorry; make up for 为（所犯罪过）受罚及补偿; 赎（罪）; 抵偿
expiate one's sin/a crime/one's guilt 赎罪.
🔁 扩展释义
*['ekspieit]vt. 补偿, 赎vi. 抵偿, 赎罪【法】 补偿, 为而受罚, 赎罪
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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My suggestion would be...
我的建议是……
Industry if fortune's right hand, and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。
At that time only the British government had the right to sell salt, which was taxed, so Gandhi encouraged the whole nation to make their own salt.
那时，只有英国政府有权出售盐，而且盐是要征税的。于是甘地鼓励所有的国民自己生产盐。