sin
noun
verb
sɪn
noun
1
an
action
that
is
against
religious
rules
and
is
considered
to
be
an
offence
against
God
〔违反宗教戒律的〕罪，罪恶，罪孽
C,U
[+
of
]
the
sin
of
pride
傲慢之罪
She
needed
to
confess
her
sins
and
ask
for
forgiveness.
她需要忏悔其罪，乞求宽恕。
He
knew
that
he
had
committed
a
terrible
sin
.
他知道自己犯下了可怕的罪行。
the
seven
deadly
sins
2
a sin
something
that
you
think
is
very
wrong
过错，罪过
informal
it
is
a
sin
(to
do
sth)
There’s
so
much
lovely
food
here,
it
would
be
a
sin
to
waste
it.
这里有这么多的美食，浪费的话真是罪过。
3
live in sin
if
two
people
live
in
sin,
they
live
together
in
a
sexual
relationship
without
being
married
[过时] 〔未婚男女〕同居，姘居
old-fashioned
4
as miserable/ugly/guilty as sin
very
unhappy,
ugly,
or
guilty
非常不愉快/难看/内疚
especially BrE spoken
I
saw
Margaret
this
morning
looking
as
miserable
as
sin.
今天早晨我看见了玛格丽特，她看起来很不高兴。
5
for my sins
an
expression
used
to
suggest
jokingly
that
you
have
to
do
something
as
a
punishment
[尤英，口] 自作自受，活该，自作孽〔用于自嘲〕
especially BrE spoken
I
work
at
head
office
now,
for
my
sins.
现在我到总部上班了，真是自作自受。
verb
6
to
do
something
that
is
against
religious
rules
and
is
considered
to
be
an
offence
against
God
〔宗教上〕犯罪，违反教规
[+
against
]
You
have
sinned
against
God.
你违背上帝的旨意犯了罪。
7
be more sinned against than sinning
used
to
say
that
someone
should
not
be
blamed
for
what
they
have
done
wrong,
because
they
have
been
badly
treated
by
other
people
[过时] 人负己甚于己负人，过错无多而报应太重〔指所受的惩罚超过所犯的过失〕
old-fashioned
8
sine
the
written
abbreviation
of
书面缩写= sine