atonement

英[ə'təʊnmənt] 美[ə'təʊnmənt]
  • n. 赎罪;弥补;和解;协调
  • atomarium 原子研究设备展览室,原子物理展览馆
  • atomic adj.原子的
  • atomicity n.原子数;原子价;【计】原子性
  • atomics n.原子学
  • atomise vt.使粉碎;是雾化;使粉化;打碎;使分裂成原子=atomize(美).
Noun:
  1. compensation for a wrong;

    "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"

  2. the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

1. True guilt is characterized by a readiness to make atonement for having done wrong.
真正的内疚表现为愿意弥补所犯的过错。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He's living in a monastery in a gesture of atonement for human rights abuses committed under his leadership.
为了弥补自己当权时对人权的践踏,他以出家来谢罪。

来自柯林斯例句

3. We expect the transgressor to make any atonement possible to him.
我们期待犯了过失的人有可能做到的赎罪行为.

来自辞典例句

4. The criminal reformed and promised atonement for his acts.
那罪犯改过自新,保证赎自己的罪过.

来自辞典例句

5. What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?
我们该发明什么赎罪的庆典, 什么神圣的把戏?

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Christ's atonement is for the sins of mankind.
      耶稣的赎罪是为了人类的罪恶。
    2. He sent her some flowers in atonement for his earlier rudeness.
      他因先前的粗鲁而向她献花赔罪。
    3. The criminal reformed and promised atonement for his acts.
      那罪犯改过自新,保证赎自己的罪过。
    4. We expect the transgressor to make any atonement possible to him.
      我们期待犯了过失的人有可能做到的赎罪行为。