sacrifice /'sækrifais/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
• (n.) a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
• (n.) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

Chinese translation

• n. 牺牲, 供奉, 祭品
• vt. 牺牲, 祭祀, 贱卖
• vi. 献祭

Word details

Part of speech

noun / verb

Pronunciation

/'sækrifais/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.29 · Rare

Word forms

sacrificed, sacrificing, sacrifices

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