Atone
[ə'təʊn]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.
(v. i.) To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.
(v. t.) To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.
(v. t.) To unite in making.
(v. t.) To make satisfaction for; to expiate.
編輯:鲁弗斯
解釋/意思:
adv. (Spens.) at one at once together.
v.i. to give satisfaction or make reparation (with for): to make up for deficiencies: (Shak.) to agree be in accordance.—v.t. to appease to expiate: (arch.) harmonise or reconcile.—ns. Atone′ment the act of atoning; reconciliation: expiation: reparation: esp. (theol.) the reconciliation of God and man by means of the incarnation and death of Christ; Aton′er.—adv. Aton′ingly.
古斯塔夫校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Is it my life they seek, to atone for my religion? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- No--not even for once; and now he was coming--and coming fast--to atone for lost time. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Ten thousand unthinkably atrocious deaths could not atone for the affront that you have put upon me. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- After a time he recovered himself, and spoke sharply, as if to atone for his faint-heartedness. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- There are inconveniences attending such feelings as Marianne's, which all the charms of enthusiasm and ignorance of the world cannot atone for. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- After which he murmured, It will atone--it will atone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Atone, by repentance and better conduct, for the shocking action you have committed, and the dreadful consequences to which it has led. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- James, your child atones. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I had not felt the man's insolent letter, but I felt deeply the woman's atoning kindness. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- This voice Caroline liked; it atoned for the formal, if correct, accent and language. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intentions as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it? 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
整理:凯蒂