sacrifice Значение & определение

Значение на sacrifice на български

• 0 to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person:

  • Many women sacrifice interesting careers for their families.

• 1 to kill an animal or a person and offer them to a god or gods

• 2 the act of giving up something that is valuable to you in order to help someone else:

  • We had to make sacrifices in order to pay for our children's education.

  • They cared for their disabled son for 27 years, at great personal sacrifice.

• 3 the act of killing an animal or person and offering them to a god or gods, or the animal, etc. that is offered:

  • The people offered a lamb on the altar as a sacrifice for their sins.

• 4 to give up something for something else considered more important:

  • He sacrificed his vacations to work on his book.

• 5 to offer the life of an animal or a person to a god or gods in the hope of pleasing them, usually as part of a ceremony

• 6 the act of offering the life of an animal or a person to a god or gods in the hope of pleasing them, or the animal or person that is offered:

  • [ U ] animal/ritual sacrifice

• 7 the act of giving up something for something else considered more important:

  • [ C ] My parents made many sacrifices to pay for my college education.

• 8 something useful or important that you choose not to do or have, in order to have something that is more important:

  • make sacrifices Most workers have made sacrifices to keep the company alive.

  • The economy is starting to grow and, after six years of sacrifice, to deliver higher incomes.

  • Are the financial savings worth the personal sacrifice?

• 9 to choose not to do or have something useful or important, in order to have something that is more important:

  • We offer free advice to older people on the best way of paying for care fees without sacrificing savings and other personal assets.

  • sacrifice sth for sth I was prepared to sacrifice my career for my family and my personal life.

  • sacrifice sth to do sth He sacrificed his position as CEO in order to keep the company going.