• vt. 贖罪；彌補；償還
• vi. 彌補；贖回

來自短語at one. 與上帝一致。因宗教觀念認為人帶有原罪，故需贖罪。

atone

atone: [16] As its spelling suggests, but its pronunciation disguises, atone comes from the phrase at one ‘united, in harmony’, lexicalized as atone in early modern English. It may have been modelled on Latin adūnāre ‘unite’, which was similarly compounded from ad ‘to, at’ and ūnum ‘one’.
=> at, one

atone (v.)

1550s, from adverbial phrase atonen (c. 1300) "in accord," literally "at one," a contraction of at and one. It retains the older pronunciation of one. The phrase perhaps is modeled on Latin adunare "unite," from ad- "to, at" (see ad-) + unum "one." Related: Atoned; atoning.

1. to atone for a crime

贖罪

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. What will you do to atone for this sin?

你將做什么來贖這罪 呢 ?

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Blood must atone for blood.

血債要用血來還.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He promised to atone for his crime.

他承諾要贖自己的罪.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. How can I atone for hurting your feelings?

我傷害了你的感情,該怎樣來彌補我的過錯 呢 ?

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》