atone

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈtəʊn/    美 /əˈtoʊn/|[əˈtʰoʊ̯n]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. ambitransitive
    — He tried to atone for his mistakes by working harder.
  2. To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. obsolete,transitive
  3. To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. intransitive,obsolete
  4. To unite in making. obsolete,transitive
  5. To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent. proscribed

词形变化

atones present,singular,third-person atoning participle,present atoned participle,past atoned past

词汇关系

近义词
abegge abide aby/abye acquit answer answer for assoil atone expiate make amends propitiate recover redeem repair reparate
上位词
compensate
衍生词
atonable atoneable atonement atoner atoningly unatoned unatoning

词源

From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at + one. Compare Latin adūnō (“to unite, make one”) for the similar formation. Regarding the different phonological development of atone and one, see the note in one.
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