expiate

英 ['ekspieɪt] 美 ['ekspieɪt]

• v. 赎罪；补偿；<古>结束

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 补偿
2. 赎（罪），抵罪
3. <正式>为（所犯罪过）接受惩罚
4. 抵偿，抵消
5. <古>结束

英英释义

Verb:

1. make amends for;

   "expiate one's sins"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.
   他有认错和赎罪的机会。
2. He hoped to expiate his guilt.
   他希望为他的过失赎罪。

经典引文

• His father's heresies..would sooner or later have to be expiated.

  出自： P. Ustinov

近反义词

【近义词】

• atone 补偿
• redress 赔偿
• make amends 赔罪
• off-set 偏置
• pay 支付
• redeem 赎回
• make reparation 补偿
• compensate 补偿
• make up for 补偿
• recompense 补偿
• amend 修正
• correct 正确的
• put right 改正
• reparation 补偿
• make 做
• amends 赔偿
• aby <古>受苦
• abye 赎(罪)