altar
/ˈɔːltə(r)/noun
1- the table in a Christian church at which the bread and wine are consecrated in communion services圣餐台。
1.1
- a table or flat-topped block used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a deity圣坛, 祭坛。
短语
lead someone to the altar
- marry a woman娶某人为妻。
sacrifice someone/thing on/at the altar of
- cause someone or something to suffer in the interests of为…而牺牲某人（或某物）：
no businessman is going to sacrifice his company on the altar of such altruism.
没有一个商人会为这样的利他主义而牺牲自己的公司利益。
词源
Old English altar, alter, based on late Latin altar, altarium, from Latin altus 'high'.