Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sacrifice
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Sacrifice
sacrifice
~1 n 1 something valuable that you decide not to have, in order to get something that is more important (the need for economic sacrifice | make sacrifices) (My parents were forever reminding me of the sacrifices they made to give me an education.) 2 the act of offering something to a god, especially in former times by killing an animal or a person in a religious ceremony (make a sacrifice) (It was common to make sacrifices to the gods to ensure a good harvest.) 3 an object or animal that is offered to a god in a ceremony of sacrifice (human sacrifice (=a person killed as a sacrifice)) 4 literary the final/supreme sacrifice the act of dying while you are fighting for a principle ~2 v 1 to willingly stop having something you want or doing something you like in order to get something more important (sacrifice sth for) (It's not worth sacrificing your health for your career. | sacrifice sth to do sth) (He sacrificed a promising career to look after his handicapped daughter.) 2 to offer something or someone to a god as a sacrifice
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(sacrifices, sacrificing, sacrificed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people. She sacrificed family life to her career... Kitty Aldridge has sacrificed all for her first film... He sacrificed himself and so saved his country. VERB: V n to/for n, V n, V pron-refl • Sacrifice is also a noun. She made many sacrifices to get Anita a good education... N-VAR see also self-sacrifice 2. To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god. The priest sacrificed a chicken... VERB: V n • Sacrifice is also a noun. ...animal sacrifices to the gods. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin sacrificium, from sacr-, sacer + facere to make — more at do Date: 13th century 1. an act of offering to a deity something precious; especially the killing of a victim on an altar 2. something offered in ~ 3. a. destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else b. something given up or lost the ~s made by parents 4. loss goods sold at a ~ 5. ~ hit II. verb (-ficed; -ficing) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to offer as a ~ 2. to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy especially for an ideal, belief, or end 3. to sell at a loss 4. to advance (a base runner) by means of a ~ hit 5. to kill (an animal) as part of a scientific experiment intransitive verb 1. to make or perform the rites of a ~ 2. to make a ~ hit in baseball • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else more important or worthy. b a thing given up in this way. c the loss entailed in this. 2 a the slaughter of an animal or person or the surrender of a possession as an offering to a deity. b an animal, person, or thing offered in this way. 3 an act of prayer, thanksgiving, or penitence as propitiation. 4 Theol. a Christ's offering of himself in the Crucifixion. b the Eucharist as either a propitiatory offering of the body and blood of Christ or an act of thanksgiving. 5 (in games) a loss incurred deliberately to avoid a greater loss or to obtain a compensating advantage. --v. 1 tr. give up (a thing) as a sacrifice. 2 tr. (foll. by to) devote or give over to. 3 tr. (also absol.) offer or kill as a sacrifice. Derivatives sacrificial adj. sacrificially adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L sacrificium f. sacrificus (as SACRED) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сущ. 1) жертва 2) убыток 3) недостача 4) потеря - interest sacrifice in holding money - sacrifice of accuracy - sacrifice of utility - sacrifices of waiting - sell at a sacrifice 2. гл. приносить в жертву, жертвовать ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. жертва noble sacrifice —- благородная жертва a sacrifice willingly offered —- добровольная жертва to make sacrifices —- приносить жертвы to give one's life as a sacrifice for one's country —- пожертвовать своей жизнью за родину to fall a sacrifice to smth. —- редк. пасть жертвой чего-л. to make sacrifices for one's children —- идти на лишения (на жертвы) ради (своих) детей to offer up a sacrifice —- приносить жертву it must be done at any sacrifice —- это нужно сделать любой ценой (не считаясь с жертвами) to win a battle at a great sacrifice of life —- выиграть сражение ценой больших потерь it must be done without a sacrifice in dignity —- это надо сделать, не поступившись (своим) достоинством you will gain nothing by the sacrifice of your principles —- вы ничего не добьетесь, поступившись своими принципами 2. жертвоприношение; пожертвование the fire of sacrifice —- жертвенный огонь a sacrifice to the gods —- жертвоприношение богам to make a sacrifice of fruit —- приносить в жертву плоды to offer animals in sacrifice —- приносить в жертву животных 3. ком. убыток sacrifice prices —- убыточные цены; оценка себе в убыток to sell goods at a (great) sacrifice —- продавать товары по убыточной цене (себе в убыток) goods are cleared off at a very considerable sacrifice —- товары распродаются со значительной скидкой 4. церк. месса (также Eucharistic S.) Id: the great (the last, the supreme) sacrifice —- смерть в бою за родину 5....Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) жертва; to make a sacrifice - приносить жертву; at the sacrifice of smth. - пожертвовав чем-л.; the great/last sacrifice - смерть в бою за родину 2) убыток; to sell at a sacrifice - продавать себе в убыток 3) жертвоприношение 2. v. 1) приносить в жертву, жертвовать; to sacrifice oneself - жертвовать собой; to sacrificea piece chess - пожертвовать фигурой; Are you prepared to sacrifice the pleasures of nature to the convenience of city life? 2) совершать жертвоприношение Syn: see forgo ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1275, from O.Fr. sacrifise, from L. sacrificium, from sacrificus "performing priestly functions or sacrifices," from sacra "sacred rites" (from neut. pl. of sacer "sacred") + root of facere "to do, perform." Sense of "giving up something for the sake of another" is first recorded 1592. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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