redeem
verb- redeem somebody/something
to make somebody/something seem less bad 补救；弥补；掩饰…之不足 The excellent acting wasn't enough to redeem a weak plot. 精彩的表演不足以掩盖情节的拙劣。 The only redeeming feature of the job (= good thing about it) is the salary. 这份工作唯一的可取之处就是它的工资。 She seems to have no redeeming qualities (= good aspects of her character) at all. 她似乎一点可取之处都没有。 In an attempt to redeem the situation, Jed offered to help sell tickets. 为了挽救局面，杰德主动提出帮忙售票。
Synonyms savesave- rescue
- bail out
- redeem
- save to prevent somebody/something from dying, being harmed or destroyed or losing something:
Doctors were unable to save him. 医生未能把他救活。 a campaign to save the panda from extinction 一场拯救大熊猫免于灭绝的运动
- rescue to save somebody/something from a dangerous or harmful situation:
They were rescued by a passing cruise ship. 他们被一艘经过的游轮救起。
- bail somebody out to rescue somebody/something from a difficult situation, especially by providing money:
Don’t expect me to bail you out if it all goes wrong. 如果一切都搞砸了，就别指望我来解救你。
- redeem (formal, religion) to save somebody from the power of evil:
He was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God. 他是一个罪人，承蒙上主的恩宠才获得救赎。
- to save/rescue/redeem somebody/something from something
- to save/rescue/redeem a situation
- to save/redeem sinners/mankind
- to rescue somebody/bail somebody out financially
- redeem yourself
to do something to improve the opinion that people have of you, especially after you have done something bad 挽回影响；改变印象；维护 - redeem somebody
(in Christianity 基督教 to save somebody from the power of evil 拯救；救赎 Jesus Christ came to redeem us from sin. 耶稣基督来将我们从罪恶中拯救出来。 He was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God. 他是一个罪人，承蒙上主的恩宠才获得救赎。
- redeem something
to pay the full sum of money that you owe somebody; to pay a debt 偿清；付清 to redeem a loan/mortgage 清偿贷款／按揭贷款
- redeem something
to exchange something such as shares or vouchers for money or goods 兑换；兑现 - redeem something
to get back a valuable object from somebody by paying them back the money you borrowed from them in exchange for the object 赎回 - redeem a pledge/promise (formal)
to do what you have promised that you will do 履行，遵守（诺言）
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘buy back’): from Old French redimer or Latin redimere, from re- ‘back’ + emere ‘buy’.