expiatory
英 ['ekspɪətərɪ]
- adj. 赎罪的；补偿的
英英释义
- 1. having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation;
- "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
英文词源
- expiatory (adj.)
- 1540s, from Late Latin expiatorius, from expiat-, past participle stem of Latin expiare "make amends" (see expiation).