expiate
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you expiate guilty feelings or bad behaviour, you do something to indicate that you are sorry for what you have done. 贖罪[正式]
It seemed that Alice was expiating her father's sins with her charity work. 看來愛麗絲要用自己的善行來贖她父親的罪惡。
2. expiationN-UNCOUNT
...an often painful process of evaluation and expiation. ...一種通常是痛苦的評價和贖罪過程。
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expiate /ˈɛkspɪˌeɪt/ (expiating,expiated,expiates)
剑桥词典
- to show that you are sorry for bad behaviour by doing something or accepting punishment
贖(罪);補償;彌補
to expiate a crime /sin 觝罪/贖罪 返回 expiate