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♦ sacrifice /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/n. [cu]1 sacrificio; (fig.) rinuncia; privazione, scapito: They killed an ox as a sacrifice, hanno immolato un bue in sacrificio; to make sacrifices for one's children, far sacrifici (o sopportare privazioni) per i figli; at some sacrifice of accuracy, a scapito della precisione; the supreme sacrifice, il sacrificio supremo3 (relig.) fioretto4 (comm.) perdita; scapito: to sell at a sacrifice, vendere in perdita; to sell goods at a large sacrifice, vendere merci con grave scapito● ( baseball) sacrifice fly, volata di sacrificio □ (fisc.) sacrifice tax theory, teoria fiscale del sacrificio □ to give one's life as a sacrifice, fare olocausto della vita □ self-sacrifice, sacrificio di sé; abnegazione.(to) sacrifice /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/A v. t.1 sacrificare; offrire in sacrificio; immolare; (fig.) sacrificare, rinunciare a: to sacrifice a lamb, sacrificare un agnello ( agli dei); to sacrifice one's life, immolare la vita; to sacrifice one's holidays to get a promotion, rinunciare alle vacanze per avere una promozioneB v. i.sacrificare; offrire sacrifici● to sacrifice oneself, sacrificarsi; immolarsi. -
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1. noun1) (giving up valued thing) Opferung, die; (of principles) Preisgabe, die; (of pride, possessions) Aufgabe, die2) (offering to deity) Opfer, das2. transitive verb(give up, offer as sacrifice) opfernsacrifice oneself/something to something — sich/etwas einer Sache (Dat.) opfern
* * *1. noun1) (the act of offering something (eg an animal that is specially killed) to a god: A lamb was offered in sacrifice.) das Opfer2) (the thing that is offered in this way.) das Opfer3) (something of value given away or up in order to gain something more important or to benefit another person: His parents made sacrifices to pay for his education.) das Opfer2. verb1) (to offer as a sacrifice: He sacrificed a sheep in the temple.) opfern2) (to give away etc for the sake of something or someone else: He sacrificed his life trying to save the children from the burning house.) opfern•- academic.ru/63705/sacrificial">sacrificial- sacrificially* * *sac·ri·fice[ˈsækrɪfaɪs, AM -rə-]I. vt1. (kill)▪ to \sacrifice sb/sth [to sb] jdn/etw [jdm] opfernour company risks sacrificing its goodwill on the altar of profit unsere Firma läuft Gefahr, ihren guten Ruf auf dem Altar des Profits zu opfern2. (give up)▪ to \sacrifice sth [for sb] etw [für jdn] opfern [o aufgeben]many women \sacrifice promising careers for their family viele Frauen geben ihrer Familie zuliebe eine viel versprechende Karriere aufto \sacrifice a knight CHESS einen Springer opfernto \sacrifice one's free time seine Freizeit opfernII. vito \sacrifice to the gods den Göttern opfern [o Opfer bringenIII. nat great personal \sacrifice unter großem persönlichen Verzicht [o großen persönlichen Opfern]to make \sacrifices Opfer bringen, Verzicht leisten3.▶ to make the ultimate [or supreme] \sacrifice for sb/sth für jdn/etw das höchste Opfer bringen [o sein Leben geben]* * *['skrIfaɪs] Opfer nt; (= thing sacrificed also) Opfergabe fto make a sacrifice of sb/sth — jdn/etw opfern or zum Opfer bringen
what a sacrifice (to make)! —
the sacrifice of quality to speed — wenn Qualität der Geschwindigkeit geopfert wird or zum Opfer fällt
to sell sth at a sacrifice (inf) — etw mit Verlust verkaufen
2. vtopfern (sth to sb jdm etw)* * *sacrifice [ˈsækrıfaıs]A s [US auch -fəs]1. RELa) Opfer n, Opferung fb) Kreuzesopfer n (Jesu):Sacrifice of the Mass Messopfer2. a) REL oder fig Opfer n (das Geopferte)b) fig Opfer n, Aufopferung fmake sacrifices → C 2;make a sacrifice of sth etwas opfern;make sb a sacrifice jemandem ein Opfer bringen;at some sacrifice of accuracy unter einigem Verzicht auf Genauigkeit;3. WIRTSCH Verlust m, Einbuße f:sell at a sacrifice → B 3B v/t1. REL opfern (to dat)sacrifice o.s. sich (auf)opfern ( for für);3. WIRTSCH mit Verlust verkaufenC v/i1. REL opfern2. fig Opfer bringen* * *1. noun1) (giving up valued thing) Opferung, die; (of principles) Preisgabe, die; (of pride, possessions) Aufgabe, die2) (offering to deity) Opfer, das2. transitive verb(give up, offer as sacrifice) opfernsacrifice oneself/something to something — sich/etwas einer Sache (Dat.) opfern
* * *n.aufopfern v.opfern v. -
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1. IIIsacrifice smb. sacrifice children (one's son, sheep, etc.) приносить в жертву детей и т.д.; sacrifice oneself жертвовать собой; sacrifice smth. sacrifice one's life (an eye, a limb, a leg, etc.) (пожертвовать жизнью и т.д.; sacrifice a hundred pounds пожертвовать сто фунтов; sacrifice one's interests (one's pleasures, one's career, etc.) отказаться от своих интересов и т.д., пожертвовать /поступиться/ своими интересами и т.д.2. IVsacrifice smb., smth. in some manner sacrifice smb., smth. deliberately (heroically, patriotically, etc.) намеренно и т.д. жертвовать кем-л., чем-л. /приносить кого-л., что-л. в жертву/3. VIIsacrifice smth. to do smth. sacrifice one's life to save the drowning child (one's time to help her, one's prospects to stay with one's sick mother, etc.) пожертвовать своей жизнью, чтобы спасти тонущего ребенка и т.д.4. XIbe sacrificed to do smth. beautiful old houses had to be sacrificed to make room for modern buildings пришлось пожертвовать прекрасными старыми домами, чтобы освободить место для современных зданий5. XVIsacrifice to smb. sacrifice to the goddess (to idols, to a deity, to one's ambition, etc.) приносить жертву богине и т.д.6. XXI1sacrifice smth. for smb., smth. sacrifice one's life for one's children (oneself for the country, one's life for the good of humanity, etc.) пожертвовать жизнью /не щадить жизни/ ради детей и т.д.; sacrifice one's personal interests for public good (business for pleasure, one's whole career for a passing whim, an inheritance for a principle, etc.) отказаться от своих личных интересов ради общественного блага и т.д.; sacrifice smth. to smth. sacrifice appearance to comfort (everything to his interests, one's career to her welfare, beauty to accuracy, orderliness to convenience, clearness to terseness, accuracy to vividness, etc.) поступиться внешним видом ради удобствам т.д.; sacrifice one's time to the study of the subject (an inclination to smb.'s happiness, etc.) отдать все свое свободное, время на изучение этого предмета и т.д.; sacrifice smb., smth. to smth., smb. sacrifice one's friends to one's ambition не (по)щадить друзей ради своего честолюбия; smb., smth. to the gods приносить кого-л., что-л. в жертву богам
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