Sacrifice

Definition

sacrifice /'sækrÇfaÇs/ n ၁။ (က) [U] စြန္႔လႊတ္ျခင္း။ 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] စြန္႔လႊတ္မႈ။ အနစ္နာခံမႈ။ financial sacrifices ❍ Her parents made many sacrifices so that she could get a university education. ၂။ ~ (to sb) (က) [U] ယဇ္ပူေဇာ္ျခင္း။ the sacrifice of an ox to Jupiter ❍ human sacrifice. (ခ) [C] ယဇ္ေကာင္။ kill a sheep as a sacrifice. v ၁။ ~ sth (to/ for sth) စြန္႔သည္။ စြန္႔လႊတ္သည္။ 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) ယဇ္ပူေဇာ္သည္။ sacrificing to idols ❍ They sacrificed a lamb (to the gods). ❏ sacrificial /sækrÇ'fÇʃl/ adj ယဇ္ပူေဇာ္ရာ။ စြန္႔လႊတ္ရေသာ။ sacrificial blood/ offerings/ victims ❍ the sacrificial cost of an undertaking.

Examples

1. [sacrifice something to do something] : She sacrificed her career to bring up the children.
2. [sacrifice something for something] : Would you sacrifice some of your salary for more holiday time?