sacrifice
US: /ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/
UK: /sˈækɹɪfˌaɪs/
UK: /sˈækɹɪfˌaɪs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
sacrifice /'sækrifais/
- danh từ
- sự giết (người, vật) để cúng thần
- người bị giết để cúng thần; vật bị giết để cúng thần
- sự hy sinh
- to make sacrifices for the fatherland: hy sinh vì tổ quốc
- the last (great) sacrifice: sự tử trận (hy sinh) vì nước
- sự bán lỗ; hàng bán lỗ; sự lỗ
- động từ
- cúng, cúng tế
- hy sinh
- to sacrifice one's whole life to the happiness of the people: hy sinh tất cả cuộc đời mình cho hạnh phúc của nhân dân
- bán lỗ
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C, U] the fact of giving up sth important or valuable to you in order to get or do sth that seems more important; sth that you give up in this way: The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. + Her parents made sacrifices so that she could have a good education. + to make the final / supreme sacrifice (= to die for your country, to save a friend, etc.)
2 ~ (to sb) [C, U] the act of offering sth to a god, especially an animal that has been killed in a special way; an animal, etc. that is offered in this way: They offered sacrifices to the gods. + a human sacrifice (= a person killed as a sacrifice)
+ verb
1 [VN] ~ sth (for sb/sth) to give up sth that is important or valuable to you in order to get or do sth that seems more important for yourself or for another person: She sacrificed everything for her children. + The designers have sacrificed speed for fuel economy. + Would you sacrifice a football game to go out with a girl? + In her writing, clarity is sometimes sacrificed to brevity. + He sacrificed a rook in order to win his opponent's queen.
2 [VN, V] to kill an animal or a person and offer it or them to a god, in order to please the god
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 immolation, surrender, forfeiture, forgoing, giving up, yielding up, offering (up), offer, Christian religion oblation:
The Aztec religion demanded the sacrifice of human beings.
2 forfeiture, forgoing, giving up, relinquishment, loss:
Mrs Clinton continues her charitable work at the sacrifice of much of her time.
v.
3 immolate, offer (up), yield (up), give up:
In their religion, they were required to sacrifice small animals to propitiate the gods
4 give up, forgo, forfeit, relinquish, surrender, let go, lose, yield, renounce, forswear; forbear, desist, cease, stop, refrain from:
She was quite ready to sacrifice her inheritance to see justice done. If you sacrificed smoking you could give the money you save to charity.
Collocation dictionary
1 giving sth up
ADJ.
considerable, enormous, great, heavy, real | financial, personal | heroic | supreme, ultimate
Soldiers who die for their country have made the supreme sacrifice.
VERB + SACRIFICE
make
2 part of a ceremony
ADJ.
animal, human | religious, ritual | blood | pagan
VERB + SACRIFICE
perform | offer (sth as)
PREP.
~ to
Food and wine were offered as sacrifices to the gods.
VERB + SACRIFICE
be obliged to, have to | be prepared to, be willing to
She was prepared to sacrifice having a family in order to pursue her career.
PREP.
for
soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country
PHRASES
sacrifice sth for the sake of sth
Comfort has been sacrificed for the sake of improved performance.
Concise English dictionary
sacrifices|sacrificed|sacrificing'sækrɪfaɪs
noun
+the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
+personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
+a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
+the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
+(sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners
verb
+endure the loss of
+kill or destroy
+sell at a loss
+make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
