Atone

(v. i.) To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.

(v. i.) To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.

(v. t.) To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.

(v. t.) To unite in making.

(v. t.) To make satisfaction for; to expiate.

编辑:鲁弗斯

• Is it my life they seek, to atone for my religion? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• No--not even for once; and now he was coming--and coming fast--to atone for lost time. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Ten thousand unthinkably atrocious deaths could not atone for the affront that you have put upon me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• After a time he recovered himself, and spoke sharply, as if to atone for his faint-heartedness. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• There are inconveniences attending such feelings as Marianne's, which all the charms of enthusiasm and ignorance of the world cannot atone for. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• After which he murmured, It will atone--it will atone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Atone, by repentance and better conduct, for the shocking action you have committed, and the dreadful consequences to which it has led. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• James, your child atones. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I had not felt the man's insolent letter, but I felt deeply the woman's atoning kindness. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• This voice Caroline liked; it atoned for the formal, if correct, accent and language. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intentions as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it? 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.

整理:凯蒂