1510s, "condition of being at one (with others)," from atone + -ment. Meaning "reconciliation" (especially of sinners with God) is from 1520s; that of "propitiation of an offended party" is from 1610s.
雙語例句
1. True guilt is characterized by a readiness to make atonement for having done wrong.
真正的內疚表現為愿意彌補所犯的過錯。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He's living in a monastery in a gesture of atonement for human rights abuses committed under his leadership.
為了彌補自己當權時對人權的踐踏，他以出家來謝罪。
來自柯林斯例句
3. We expect the transgressor to make any atonement possible to him.
我們期待犯了過失的人有可能做到的贖罪行為.
來自辭典例句
4. The criminal reformed and promised atonement for his acts.
那罪犯改過自新,保證贖自己的罪過.
來自辭典例句
5. What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?