sacrifice
Từ điển Collocation
sacrifice noun
1 giving sth up
ADJ. considerable, enormous, great, heavy, real | financial, personal | heroic | supreme, ultimate Soldiers who die for their country have made the supreme sacrifice.
VERB + SACRIFICE make
2 part of a ceremony
ADJ. animal, human | religious, ritual | blood | pagan
VERB + SACRIFICE perform | offer (sth as)
PREP. ~ to Food and wine were offered as sacrifices to the gods.
Từ điển WordNet
v.
- endure the loss of; give
He gave his life for his children
I gave two sons to the war
- kill or destroy
The animals were sacrificed after the experiment
The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment
- sell at a loss
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
sacrifices|sacrificed|sacrificing
syn.: forego forfeit give up lose release relinquish surrender waive yield