sacrifice
['sæk.rɪ.faɪs] verb
GIVE UP 放弃
ADVANCED transitive
■to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person 牺牲；献出•Many women sacrifice interesting careers for their family.许多女性为了家庭牺牲了自己感兴趣的工作。
['sæk.rɪ.faɪs] verb
KILL 杀
intransitive or transitive
■to kill an animal or a person and offer them to a god or gods 献祭；以（人或动物）为祭品
['sæk.rɪ.faɪs] verb
be sacrificed on the altar of sth literary
■to be destroyed by an activity, system or belief that is bad but more important or more powerful 成为…的牺牲品•Service and quality have been sacrificed on the altar of profit.为了利润牺牲了服务和品质。
['sæk.rɪ.faɪs] noun countable or uncountable
GIVING UP 放弃
ADVANCED
■when you give up something that is valuable to you in order to help someone else 牺牲；献出•We had to make sacrifices in order to pay for our children's education.为了支付孩子们的教育费用，我们不得不作出牺牲。 •They cared for their disabled son for 27 years, at great personal sacrifice.27年来，他们为照料残障的儿子作出了伟大的个人牺牲。
['sæk.rɪ.faɪs] noun countable or uncountable
KILLING 杀
■the act of killing an animal or person and offering them to a god or gods, or the animal, etc. that is offered 献祭，供奉；祭品，供品•The people offered a lamb on the altar as a sacrifice for their sins.人们在祭坛上献祭一头羔羊作为赎罪的祭品。
['sæk.rɪ.faɪs] noun countable or uncountable
make the ultimate / supreme sacrifice formal
■to die while fighting for a principle 牺牲生命，捐躯 |