The latter's yearning to expiate a guilt that was in retrospect vastly exaggerated or nonexistent prolonged the war

后面这种人急于赎罪的心情把战争拖长了。但回过头来看,这种罪名或者是完全会夸大了,或者根本就不存在。

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A state in which the souls of those who have died in grace must expiate their sins.

炼狱那些在幸福中死去的人的灵魂必须去赎罪的地方

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If our good senator was a political sinner, he was in a fair way to expiate it by his night’s penance.

如果我们这位好心的参议员在政治上有罪的话,那末他那天夜晚的苦行也足以抵消他的罪名了。

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expiate sin (guilt)

赎罪.

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He tried to expiate his crimes by giving money to the church.

他试图以捐款给教会来弥补自己的罪过。

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He tried to expiate his crimes by giving money to the church

他以捐款给教会来赎罪。

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After my return to London I had to expiate in bed the consequences of my fatuous complaisance

我回到伦敦以后,只得在病榻上来赎我的荒唐的随和的罪愆。

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not be able to expiate the disaster

无法避开这一灾祸

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Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows

现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过。

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Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.

现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过。

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expiate one's sins by acts of penance.

用自我惩罚来补偿自己的罪恶

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Be that as it may. If our good senator was a political sinner, he was in a fair way to expiate it by his night's penance.

不管怎么说，如果我们这位好心的参议员在政治上有罪的话，那么他那天夜晚的苦行也足以抵消他的罪名了。

属类：综合句库--