n.牺牲；祭品；供奉
vt.牺牲；亏本出售；供奉
vi.献祭；(棒球)作牺牲一击
He gave his life as a sacrifice for his country. 他为国牺牲了。
She made a big sacrifice for her position today. 她为今天的职位付出了很大的代价。
They offered a sacrifice to propitiate the god. 他们供奉祭品以慰诸神。
A calf was offered up as a sacrifice to the goddess. 向女神祭献了一头牺牲小牛。
They offered a sacrifice to propitiate the god. 他们供奉祭品以慰诸神。
用作及物动词 (vt.)You must not sacrifice studies for pleasure. 你不能为享乐而牺牲学业。
It's the company's policy to sacrifice short-term profits for the sake of long-term growth. 为长期发展而牺牲短期利润是公司的方针。
He sacrificed his car when he go abroad to work. 他到海外去工作的时候亏本出售了他的汽车。
The high priest sacrificed the goat on the altar. 大祭司把山羊供奉在祭坛上。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)Sacrifice is the ultimate act of self-giving love. 献祭却是最舍己的爱的行动。
I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah. 我来是要向耶和华献祭。
As an additional cost to play Shard Volley, sacrifice a land. 作为碎片齐发的额外费用，牺牲快一地。
sacrifice用作名词时基本意思是“祭品”,转化为动词意为“以…作为祭品”,引申可表示某人为了更重要、更珍贵的人或理想而“奉献”或“牺牲”自己的利益、事业等,含有自我克制的意味,有时还可表示“贱卖”。
sacrifice只用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。表示“为…牺牲”时,常与介词for或to连用。可用于被动结构。
sacrifice还常接动词不定式作目的状语。
