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atoning

/uh-tohn/US // əˈtoʊn //UK // (əˈtəʊn) //

赎罪,赦免,弥补,补偿

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    a·toned, a·ton·ing.

    • : to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender: to atone for one's sins.
    • : to make up, as for errors or deficiencies: to atone for one's failings.
    • : Obsolete. to become reconciled; agree.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    a·toned, a·ton·ing.

    • : to make amends for; expiate: He atoned his sins.
    • : Obsolete. to bring into unity, harmony, concord, etc.

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Examples

  • In shul this week on Yom Kippur, however, I'd rather focus on the atoning I need to do myself.

  • As for Serbia, it has some more atoning to do before EU membership can be assured.

  • Its leisurely evolutions were irritating, but at last it moved forward with atoning rapidity and the fight was on.

  • From the feast He goes straightway to this lonely garden, and there begins His dread atoning work.

  • Never was the love of the Father deeper and stronger than when His Son was offering up the all-atoning sacrifice.

  • When the high-priest had performed the atoning rites, he was not permitted to stay within.

  • The two notions of ratifying the covenant and atoning for sin cannot be separated.