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单词 redeem
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re·deem

verb
/rɪˈdiːm/
/rɪˈdiːm/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they redeem
/rɪˈdiːm/
/rɪˈdiːm/
he / she / it redeems
/rɪˈdiːmz/
/rɪˈdiːmz/
past simple redeemed
/rɪˈdiːmd/
/rɪˈdiːmd/
past participle redeemed
/rɪˈdiːmd/
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-ing form redeeming
/rɪˈdiːmɪŋ/
/rɪˈdiːmɪŋ/
  1. redeem somebody/something to make somebody/something seem less bad补救;弥补;掩饰…之不足 synonym compensate
    • The excellent acting wasn't enough to redeem a weak plot.精彩的表演不足以掩盖情节的拙劣。
    • The only redeeming feature of the job (= good thing about it) is the salary.这份工作唯一的可取之处就是它的工资。
    • She seems to have no redeeming qualities (= good aspects of her character) at all.她似乎根本没有可取之处(=她性格中的优点)。
    • In an attempt to redeem the situation, Jed offered to help sell tickets.为了挽救局面,杰德主动提出帮忙售票。
    Synonyms savesaverescue bail out redeemThese words all mean to prevent somebody/​something from dying, losing something, being harmed or embarrassed.save to prevent somebody/​something from dying, being harmed or destroyed or losing something:
    • Doctors were unable to save him.医生未能把他救活。
    • a campaign to save the panda from extinction一场拯救大熊猫免于灭绝的运动
    rescue to save somebody/​something from a dangerous or harmful situation:
    • They were rescued by a passing cruise ship.他们被一艘经过的游轮救起。
    bail somebody out to rescue somebody/​something from a difficult situation, especially by providing money:
    • Don’t expect me to bail you out if it all goes wrong.如果一切都搞砸了,就别指望我来解救你。
    redeem (formal, religion) to save somebody from the power of evil:
    • He was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God.他是一个罪人,承蒙上主的恩宠才获得救赎。
    Redeem is also used in non-religious language in the phrase redeem a situation, which means to prevent a situation from being as bad as it might be.
    Patterns
    • to save/​rescue/​redeem somebody/​something from something
    • to save/​rescue/​redeem a situation
    • to save/​redeem sinners/​mankind
    • to rescue somebody/​bail somebody out financially
  2. redeem yourself to do something to improve the opinion that people have of you, especially after you have done something bad挽回影响;改变印象;维护
    • He has a chance to redeem himself after last week's mistakes.他有机会弥补上星期犯下的错误。
  3. redeem somebody (in Christianity) to save somebody from the power of evil拯救;救赎
    • Christians believe that Jesus Christ came to redeem us from sin.基督徒相信耶稣基督来是为了把我们从罪恶中拯救出来。
    • He knew he was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God.他知道自己是一个罪人,被上帝的恩典所救赎。
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
  4. redeem something to pay the full sum of money that you owe somebody; to pay a debt偿清;付清
    • to redeem a loan/mortgage清偿贷款/按揭贷款
  5. redeem something to exchange something such as shares or vouchers for money or goods兑换;兑现
    • This voucher can be redeemed at any of our branches.这抵用券在我们的任一分支机构都可以使用。
  6. redeem something to get back a valuable object from somebody by paying them back the money you borrowed from them in exchange for the object赎回
    • He was able to redeem his watch from the pawnshop.他得以从当铺赎回他的表。
  7. redeem a pledge/promise (formal) to do what you have promised that you will do履行,遵守(诺言)
  8. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘buy back’): from Old French redimer or Latin redimere, from re- ‘back’ + emere ‘buy’.
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