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- an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law（违犯宗教戒律的）罪孽：
a sin in the eyes of God
上帝眼中的一项罪孽
mass noun the human capacity for sin.人类对罪过的宽容程度。
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- an act regarded as a serious or regrettable fault, offence, or omission过错; 过失：
he committed the unforgivable sin of refusing to give interviews.
他拒绝接受采访, 犯下了不可饶恕的过错。
(sinned, sinning)no obj.
1- commit a sin违犯戒律, 造孽; 犯过失：
I sinned and brought shame down on us.
我造了孽, 使大家蒙羞。
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sin against
offend against (God, a person, or a principle)亵渎, 冒犯（上帝, 人, 原则）：Lord, we have sinned against you.
主啊, 我们违背了你的意愿。
短语
(as)… as sin
- informal having a particular undesirable quality to a high degree〈非正式〉非常, 极端地：
as ugly as sin
非常丑
miserable as sin.
极其糟糕。
for one's sins
- humorous, chiefly Brit. used to suggest that a task or duty is so onerous or unpleasant that it must be a punishment〈幽默, 主英〉遭报应。
live in sin
- informal, dated live together as though married〈非正式, 旧〉同居。
sin of commission
- a sinful action罪过。
sin of omission
- a sinful failure to perform an action疏漏, 失职。
派生词
sinless
adjectivesinlessly
adverbsinlessness
noun词源
Old English synn (noun)， syngian (verb); probably related to Latin sons, son- 'guilty'.
- sine.同SINE.