sacrifice 祭奠;牺牲;祭品
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sacrifice是个多义词，它可以指祭奠，牺牲，同时具有两种词性均表示此意。那就是名词和动词两种词性。He was endowed withthe spirit of self-sacrifice.(他富有自我牺牲精神。).
作为词根可以扩展为形容词sacrificial牺牲的;献祭的;近义词有offering/victimization.
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at the sacrifice of 以牺牲……为代价.
He earned money at the sacrifice of his health.(他赚了钱却付出了健康的代价。).
human sacrifice 人祭;
Institutional social inequalities existed such as slavery and human sacrifice.(一些社会的不平等依然存在，如奴隶和活人献祭。).
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词汇积累
tomb-sweeping 扫墓
day of sacrifice祭祀节日
tribute 礼物;贡物;颂词
dead 死者画无生命的;去世了的
condolence 哀悼;慰藉;哀悼之情
mourning ceremony哀悼仪式
短对话
A: It's Tomb-sweeping Day, it's time to go paying respect to thedead.
B: Oh, I hardly forget it. I'll give you a hand.
A:清明节到了，又到了扫墓的时间。
B:哦，我差点忘了。我来帮助你。
A: I heard that there were many fire disasters by burning "paper money" on Tomb-sweeping Day last year.
B: Yeah, it was a very hot day last tomb-sweeping day. Manyfire disasters were caused by carelessness.
A:我听说去年清明节烧纸钱发生了很多火灾。
B:是啊，去年清明天气很炎热，许多火灾都是由于粗心引起的。
A: It's the day of sacrifice. In ancient times, the generations willhold a memorial ceremony for their forebear. Do you knowthe story about the tomb sweeping?
B: Yeah, the story about Jie Zitui.
A:正是祭祀节日。古时候，后代都要祭祖的仪式。你知道清明节的来历吗?
B:知道.那是关于介子推的故事。