Expiate

['ekspɪeɪt] or ['ɛkspɪet]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) make amends for; 'expiate one's sins'.

校對:鲁珀特--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.

(v. t.) To purify with sacred rites.

(a.) Terminated.

德洛丽丝校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Atone for, do penance for, make satisfaction or reparation for.

阿纳托尔校對

同義詞及反義詞：

[See ATONEMENT]

編輯:基蒂

解釋/意思:

v.t. to make complete atonement for: to make satisfaction or reparation for.—p.adj. (Shak.) expired.—adj. Ex′piable capable of being expiated atoned for or done away.—ns. Expiā′tion act of expiating or atoning for: the means by which atonement is made: atonement; Ex′piātor one who expiates.—adj. Ex′piātory having the power to make expiation or atonement.

整理:帕斯夸里