expiation是什么意思？

expiation

英[ˌekspɪ'eɪʃn] 美[ˌɛkspiˈeʃən]

• n. 赎罪，补偿；

动词：expiate;

例句

• And one male goat, to make expiation for you. 30又要献一只公山羊, 为你们遮罪.
• Thus you shall purify it and make expiation for it. 你要这样洁净坛,为坛遮罪.
• Jesus made expiation for our sins on the cross. 耶稣在十字架上为我们赎了罪.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  赎（罪);抵偿;补偿
  If you expiate guilty feelings or bad behaviour, you do something to indicate that you are sorry for what you have done.
  例句
  It seemed that Alice was expiating her father's sins with her charity work. 似乎艾丽斯正在通过自己的慈善工作来弥补父亲的罪过。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. compensation for a wrong;
  "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
  2. the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)