the fact of giving up something important or valuable to you in order to get or do something that seems more important; something that you give up in this way 牺牲;舍弃 The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。 Her parents made sacrifices so that she could have a good education. 为了让她受良好的教育,她的父母作了很多牺牲。 to make the ultimate/supreme sacrifice (= to die for your country, to save a friend, etc.) 做出最大的牺牲。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- considerable
- enormous
- …
- be
- make
- involve
- …
- sacrifice (to somebody)
the act of offering something to a god, especially an animal that has been killed in a special way; an animal, etc. that is offered in this way 祭献;祭祀;祭献的牲畜;祭品 They offered sacrifices to the gods. 他们向众神献上祭品。 a human sacrifice (= a person killed as a sacrifice) 用作祭品的人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- animal
- human
- pagan
- …
- perform
- offer (something as)
- sacrifice to
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin sacrificium; related to sacrificus ‘sacrificial’, from sacer ‘holy’.