sacrificial
/sakrəˈfɪʃ(ə)l/
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sakrə - ˈfɪʃəl -> sacrificial
၁။ (က) [U] စွန့်လွှတ်ခြင်း။ The minister insisted there had been no sacrifice of principles. ❍ He became a top sportsman not without some sacrifice to himself (ie only by training very hard, giving up many social activities, etc).
(ခ) [C] စွန့်လွှတ်မှု။ အနစ်နာခံမှု။ financial sacrifices ❍ Her parents made many sacrifices so that she could get a university education.
၂။ ~ (to sb) (က) [U] ယဇ်ပူဇော်ခြင်း။ the sacrifice of an ox to Jupiter ❍ human sacrifice. (ခ) [C] ယဇ်ကောင်။ kill a sheep as a sacrifice.
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၁။ ~ sth (to/ for sth) စွန့်သည်။ စွန့်လွှတ်သည်။ soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the fight for independence ❍ The car's designers have sacrificed comfort for greater economy (ie have made the car less comfortable in order to be able to sell it at a lower price). ❍ In her writing clarity is sometimes sacrificed to brevity.
၂။ ~ to sb; ~ sth (to sb) ယဇ်ပူဇော်သည်။ sacrificing to idols ❍ They sacrificed a lamb (to the gods).
❏ sacrificial /sækrÇ'fÇʃl/ adj
ယဇ်ပူဇော်ရာ။ စွန့်လွှတ်ရသော။ sacrificial blood/ offerings/ victims ❍ the sacrificial cost of an undertaking.
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