| 单词 | expiate |
| 释义 | ex·pi·ate I. transitive verb 1. obsolete < somewhat to expiate their savage fury — Thomas Adams > 2. obsolete < he lustrated and expiated the city — Thomas Stanley > 3. a. < trying to expiate by justice and mercy the dark deeds of his bloodstained youth — Charles Kingsley > b. < the casual offender expiates his offense in the company of defectives — B.N.Cardozo > c. < sought to expiate their failures by adding a few sprigs or posies — Lewis Mumford > 4. < disaster shall fall upon you, which you will not be able to expiate — Isa 47:11 (Revised Standard Version) > intransitive verb < we are willing enough to repent, but the Higher Law requires that we expiate — W.L.Sullivan > II. obsolete < make haste; the hour of death is expiate — Shakespeare > |
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