sacrifice
verb uk/ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs/ us/ˈsæk.rə.faɪs/
(GIVE UP)
C1 [ T ]牺牲;献出
to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person
Many women sacrifice interesting careers for their families. 许多女性为了家庭牺牲了自己感兴趣的工作。
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- She's had to sacrifice a lot for that relationship.
- He's the world's best tennis player but he's sacrificed everything else in his life for it.
- He has sacrificed his personal life for the sake of celebrity.
- Many women sacrifice their own ambitions to put their family first.
- It's the only bit of free time I get in the week and I'm not prepared to sacrifice it.
(KILL)
[ I or T ]献祭;以（人或动物）为祭品
to kill an animal or a person and offer them to a god or gods
Idiom
be sacrificed on the altar of somethingidiom literary 成为…的牺牲品
to be destroyed by an activity, system, or belief that is bad but more important or more powerful
Service and quality have been sacrificed on the altar of profit. 为了利润牺牲了服务和质量。
sacrifice
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs/ us/ˈsæk.rə.faɪs/
(GIVING UP)
C1 牺牲;献出
the act of giving up something that is valuable to you in order to help someone else
We had to make sacrifices in order to pay for our children's education. 为了支付孩子们的教育费用，我们不得不作出牺牲。
They cared for their disabled son for 27 years, at great personal sacrifice. 27年来，他们为照料有残疾的儿子作出了巨大的个人牺牲。
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- You have to make sacrifices if you want to achieve your ambition.
- No one raises a family without making a few sacrifices.
- It's a career that leaves you with almost no free time and that's a sacrifice I'm not prepared to make.
- She supported her husband throughout his 40-year career and at great personal sacrifice.
- We make sacrifices now to give our children a better tomorrow.
(KILLING)
献祭，供奉;祭品，供品
the act of killing an animal or person and offering them to a god or gods, or the animal, etc. that is offered
The people offered a lamb on the altar as a sacrifice for their sins. 人们在祭坛上献祭一头羔羊作为赎罪的祭品。
Idiom
make the ultimate/supreme sacrificeidiom formal 牺牲生命，捐躯
to die while fighting for a principle