sacrifice

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god. 獻(xiàn)祭
The priest sacrificed a chicken. 牧師獻(xiàn)祭了一衹雞。
2. N-COUNT Sacrifice is also a noun. 祭品
...animal sacrifices to the gods. …獻(xiàn)給衆(zhòng)神的動(dòng)物祭品。
3. V-T If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people. 捨棄; 犧牲
She sacrificed family life to her career. 她爲(wèi)了她的事業(yè)犧牲了家庭生活。
Kitty Aldridge has sacrificed all for her first film. 姬蒂?奧爾德裡奇爲(wèi)了她的第一部電影犧牲了一切。
4. N-VAR Sacrifice is also a noun. 捨棄; 犧牲
She made many sacrifices to get Anita a good education. 爲(wèi)了讓安尼塔受到良好教育，她做出了很多犧牲。

She's had to sacrifice a lot for that relationship .
He's the world's best tennis player but he's sacrificed everything else in his life for it.
He has sacrificed his personal life for the sake of celebrity .
Many women sacrifice their own ambitions to put their family first.
It's the only bit of free time I get in the week and I'm not prepared to sacrifice it.