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sacrificial

/sak-ruh-fish-uhl/US // ˌsæk rəˈfɪʃ əl //UK // (ˌsækrɪˈfɪʃəl) //

牺牲,牺牲的,牺牲品,牺牲者

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.

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Examples

  • I know it’s relatively safe here compared to other jobs, but still, sometimes I feel like a sacrificial lamb.

  • I know this is the word used in English but “Holocaust” has a sacrificial overtone that is unbearable to me.

  • That still exists, but the sacrificial style in American politics is just as strong.

  • According to anthropologist René Girard, cultures require sacrificial victims in order to avoid epidemic revenge feuds.

  • She got to be the designated sacrificial lamb to run against Joe Biden in 2008, and got 35 percent of the vote.

  • Colonel Sanders, image forever accompanied odor of sacrificial meat.

  • Kettlewell used to dilate on the great sacrificial feast of charity.

  • This presents a nobler view of the whole sacrificial system than the common one.

  • Professor Fortescue was unqualified in his condemnation of the sentiment which erected sacrificial altars in the family circle.

  • Among the antediluvians, sheep were immolated for sacrificial offerings, and their fleeces probably furnished them with clothing.

  • Thou shalt not go up by steps unto Mine altar—a device probably meant to facilitate the leading up of the sacrificial beasts.