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expiated

v. 为(所犯罪过)接受惩罚,赎(罪)( expiate的过去式和过去分词 );

例句:

  • His father's heresies...would sooner or later have to be expiated.
    来自P. Ustinov
  • The thief expiated his theft by giving back the amount stolen and by reforming.
    那小偷送回全部偷窃物并改过自新,以为他的偷窃行为赎罪.
  • In remorse, he vowed to live like an animal, crawling on all fours and eating only grass, until his sins were expiated.
    来自WSJ