atonement

英 [əˈtəʊnmənt]

美 [əˈtoʊnmənt]

n.  弥补; 赔罪; 补偿

法律

BNC.22941 / COCA.16716

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 赎罪；弥补；补偿
  If you do something as anatonement fordoing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
  1. He's living in a monastery in a gesture of atonement for human rights abuses committed under his leadership...
     为了弥补自己当权时对人权的践踏，他以出家来谢罪。
  2. True guilt is characterized by a readiness to make atonement for having done wrong.
     真正的内疚表现为愿意弥补所犯的过错。

英英释义

noun

• the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
  Synonym:expiationpropitiation
• compensation for a wrong
  1. we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store
  Synonym:expiationsatisfaction

双语例句

• The atonement was not the cause but the effect of god's love. a.w.
  救赎不是上帝爱的原因，而是上帝爱的结果。
• In2006, Joe White, the director of Pride and Prejudice was to make the film Atonement.
  2006年，《傲慢与偏见》的导演乔•怀特正在筹备新戏《赎罪》，一切就绪只差一位小演员。
• In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
  祭司要在坛上焚烧，在耶和华面前作为麝香的祭，为他赎罪，他必蒙赦免。
• It is in Paul's letters that we first find the doctrines of Christ's divinity and vicarious atonement ( the Gospels would be written later, when Paul's ideas had become prevalent among Christians).
  我们是在保罗的信中首次发现基督的神性和替代赎罪的（福音书是保罗的观念在基督徒间广为流传后写的）教义。
• This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering for the generations to come.
  他一年一次要用赎罪祭牲的血在坛上行赎罪之礼，作为世世代代的定例。
• Atonement is the natural profession of the Children of God, because they have professed me.
  救赎是上帝的孩子的天生行业，因为他们公开宣称信仰我。
• He offers himself for the world as the atonement that shows his love for all mankind.
  他为全世界献上自己作赎罪祭，表明他对全人类的爱。
• There you will stay for timeless healing, for rest, atonement, forgiveness and understanding of self.
  在那里你会进行治疗和休息、罪、恕和自我理解。
• In this way the priest will make atonement for the man's sin, and he will be forgiven.
  至于他的罪，祭司要为他赎了，他必蒙赦免。
• In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.
  祭司要为她赎罪，她就洁净了。