expiatory
/ek-spee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // ˈɛk spi əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //UK // (ˈɛkspɪətərɪ, -trɪ) //
赦免性,赎罪,赎罪性,赎罪性的
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : able to make atonement or expiation; offered by way of expiation: expiatory sacrifices.
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.purgative
Synonyms
expiative宣泄性,宣泄性的,忏悔性,忏悔propitiatory赎罪的,赎罪,代祷的,赎罪性的atonable可赎罪,赎罪,可赎罪的,可赎回的atoneable可赎回的,可赎罪,可赎回,赎罪conciliative和谐的,和解的,调和的,和解conciliatory和解的,和谐的,和解性的,和解性expiable可予报销,可予报废,可予报销的,可予报废的lustral色素,色情的,色素的,色泽lustrative有光泽的,富有光泽的,富有光泽,有光泽propitiative提倡性的,提倡性,扶持性的,提倡者purgatorial炼狱,炼狱式,炼狱式的,炼狱的purificatory净化的,净化性的,净化,净化剂
Examples
Where, on the other hand, the victim is a fellow tribesman, the sacrifice is expiatory or piacular.
And, third, Are his sufferings expiatory—the meritorious cause of human salvation?
He came in one morning, after he had concluded his suspicions were wrong, and made a sort of expiatory call.
A great expiatory sacrifice succeeded in finally calming him.
Piacular, pī-ak′ū-lar, adj. serving to appease, expiatory: requiring expiation: atrociously bad.
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