sacrifice

中文意思

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
n. (baseball) an out that advances the base runners

n. 牺牲
Her parents made many sacrifices to pay for her university education.
为了供她上大学，她的父母作出了巨大的牺牲。
n. 祭品
Ancient tribes presented food and animals as a sacrifice to the gods.
古代部落将食物和动物作为祭品献给神灵。
v. 牺牲
He had to sacrifice his personal life to build his new business.
为了开创自己的事业，他不得不牺牲个人生活。
v. 献祭
In ancient times, people sacrificed sheep on the altar to ask for rain.
在古代，人们在祭坛上献祭绵羊来祈雨。
v. 贱卖
The shop owner had to sacrifice the rest of the winter clothes to clear the inventory.
为了清空库存，店主不得不贱卖剩余的冬装。