| 释义 |
sacrificable, a. rare.
(stress variable)
[f. L. sacrificāre to sacrifice, f. sacrific-us sacrific a.: see -able.]
Capable of being offered as a sacrifice; also, rightly or properly to be sacrificed.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xiv. (1658) 310 Yet might it [Jephthah's vow] be restrained in the sence, for whatsoever was sacrificable, and justly subject to lawfull immolation. 1973N.Y. Law Jrnl. 27 Feb., No citizen's individuality is sacrificable to expediency. |