| 单词 | redeem |
| 释义 | re·deem transitive verb 1. a. < if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after — Lev 25:29 (Revised Standard Version) > b. < redeemed his championship status by winning the return bout > 2. a. < a parley to decide the terms for redeeming captured warriors > b. (1) < the redeemed land of France — New York Times > (2) < redeems life from futility and meaninglessness — J.H.Hallowell > c. < a yearly tribute … redeemed the borough from all claims — E.A.Freeman > < eager … to redeem himself by furthering the national interest — Oscar Handlin > d. < Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law — Gal 3:13 (Authorized Version) > < God has demonstrated His love for human souls by redeeming them through a supreme act of self-sacrifice — A.J.Toynbee > e. < our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually — Woodrow Wilson > < your auditors are hardened sinners, not easily redeemed — B.N.Cardozo > f. < redeeming cocoa plantations which have been neglected in recent years — New York Times > g. archaic < considerable spaces were redeemed from the original ocean and converted into dry land — Charles Lyell > 3. a. b. (1) < the United States Treasury redeems war bonds upon demand > (2) < people who always redeem trading stamps > c. (1) < graver peril arose, and Washington redeemed his promise to stand by the army — H.E.Scudder > (2) < looked to the north with a childlike trust which … has not been redeemed by the event — W.L.Sperry > 4. a. < redeem an error > < a tireless attempt to make the twentieth century redeem this tragedy of the nineteenth — Anne Fremantle > < redeem themselves by means of frank confessions — Q.K.Y.Huang > b. (1) < a plain pale face redeemed by very beautiful eyes — Elizabeth Goudge > < style and malicious epigram … redeem much that is tedious — L.O.Coxe > (2) < a resynthesis … might redeem the whole undertaking — R.M.Weaver > c. obsolete < would some part of my young years might but redeem the passage of your age — Shakespeare > 5. < worked … with indefatigable energy, redeeming the time — J.F.Clarke > intransitive verb 1. < is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem — Isa 50:2 (Revised Standard Version) > 2. < rights … must be exercised within forty years from the time at which the proprietor is allowed to redeem — William Bell > Synonyms: see rescue |
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