sacrifice 牺牲sacri-holy.self-sacrifice/sacrifice for sth.

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sacrifice [ˈsækrəˌfaɪs]

 n&v.牺牲

sacri=holy,表示"神圣"

英文释义：togive up sththat is important to you in order to get or do sth that seems more important for yourselfor for another person

sacrifice 源于拉丁文sacrificium原意：赎罪或崇敬而向神供奉东西的行为引申：为了某个被认为更有价值或更重要的人或物而放弃非常珍贵的东西

 self sacrifice

The housewife has sacrificed her careerto family life.

Sometimes we have to sacrifice efficiencyfor effectiveness.

有时候我们需要牺牲效率来达到效果。

Her parents made sacrifices so that shecould have a good education.为了让她受良好的教育，她的父母作了很多牺牲。

It has been said, through the ages,without sacrifice, there can be no victory.人们常说，古往今来，没有牺牲，就没有胜利。