- 1贖罪；彌補（做錯之後設法補過）
To atone is to do something that shows you are sorry for a wrong — not only to say sorry, but to try to put things right. People atone by telling the truth, paying someone back, or living differently after the harm. In religious talk, especially Christian talk, people atone for sin before God. It is a serious, slightly old-fashioned verb. You would not usually atone for being five minutes late; you might atone for a betrayal. Everyday English more often says make up for it or make amends. You atone for something (the for is almost always there). Though actually, atoning does not always mean the other person forgives you; it is the trying, not a guaranteed clean ending.
組成From older English meaning 'at one' — at + one — as in becoming one again after a split. The spelling and sound later drifted away from modern one.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
atoneverb/əˈtəʊn/
- 1
To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
- He tried to atone for his mistakes by working harder.
- She gave a donation to atone for her past actions.
- 2
obsoleteTo bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
- 3
obsoleteTo agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
- 4
obsoleteTo unite in making.
- 5
To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。