| 单词 | sin |
| 释义 | Related topics: Religionsin1 /sɪn/ ●●○ noun 1 [countable, uncountable]RRBAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS an action that is against religious rules and is considered to be an offence against God 〔违犯宗教法规的〕罪，罪恶，罪孽sin of the sin of pride 傲慢之罪 She needed to confess her sins and ask for forgiveness. 她需要忏悔罪过，请求宽恕。 He knew that he had committed a terrible sin. 他知道自己犯下了可怕的罪行。the seven deadly sins (=seven bad feelings or desires, in the Christian religion) 〔基督教里的〕七大罪，七宗罪2 a sin informal something that you think is very wrong 过错，罪过it is a sin (to do something) There’s so much lovely food here, it would be a sin to waste it. 这里有这么多的美食，浪费的话真是罪过。3. live in sin old-fashionedRELATIONSHIP if two people live in sin, they live together in a sexual relationship without being married 〔未婚男女〕同居，姘居4 as miserable/ugly/guilty as sin spokenVERY very unhappy, ugly, or guilty 非常不愉快/难看/内疚 I saw Margaret this morning looking as miserable as sin. 今天早晨我看见玛格丽特很不高兴的样子。5 for my sins British English spokenXX an expression used to suggest jokingly that you have to do something as a punishment 自作自受，活该，自作孽〔用于自嘲〕 I work at head office now, for my sins. 现在我到总部上班了，真是自作自受。 → sinful → cover/hide a multitude of sins at multitude(4), → cardinal sin, mortal sin, original sinn COLLOCATIONSverbscommit a sinHe has committed a grave sin.confess your sinsHe knelt and confessed his sins to God.forgive sinsGod has forgiven all my sins.repent (of) your sins (=be sorry you committed them)I sincerely repent of my sins.phrasesthe seven deadly sins (=seven bad feelings or desires, in the Christian religion, for example greed or too much pride)adjectivesa great sinPossibly the greatest sin you can be guilty of is not speaking out against cruelty or injustice when you see it.a besetting sin literary (=one that you keep committing)Drunkenness was his besetting sin.Examples from the Corpussin• The Bible says adultery is a sin.• All things were possible; anyone could get rich; the cardinal sin was doubt.• I wanted to confess my sin.• Death and darkness can be experienced as guilt because of sin or depression and paralysing imprisonment of spirit.• Like conscientious believers everywhere they confess a wide range of sins of omission and commission.• the sin of greed• All the same, as Father Peter said, even the neediest people must not have their sins condoned.• These sins may be seen to menace lineage identity and solidarity - the paramount Nuer virtues.• No one is completely without sin.• Self-interest was the worst sin and slaveholding was the worst form of self-interest.the seven deadly sins• I noticed with amusement that the tapestries hanging there illustrated the seven deadly sins.• One of the Seven Deadly Sins and the one most often fatal to the great ones.• He felt as if he had been led through the seven deadly sins one by one, with lust leading the way.Related topics: Religionsin2 verb (sinned, sinning) [intransitive] 1 RRBAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSto do something that is against religious rules and is considered to be an offence against God 〔宗教上〕犯罪，违反教规sin against You have sinned against God. 你违背上帝的旨意犯了罪。2. be more sinned against than sinning old-fashionedBLAME# used to say that someone should not be blamed for what they have done wrong, because they have been badly treated by other people 人负己甚于己负人，过错无多而报应太重〔指所受的不公超过所犯的过失〕→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussin• I sinned and brought shame down on all of us.• Paul is saying to an engaged couple that neither the man nor the woman sins if they marry.• You have sinned, Jimbo, I told myself out loud, but it is never too late to repent.• She had sinned so much, could she ever find salvation?sin against• He has sinned against God.sin3 technical the written abbreviation of sine / sine 的书面缩写 ，正弦Origin sin1 Old English synnsin1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1sin2 verbsin3LDOCE OnlineChinese an action against Corpus religious is and that rules |
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