In general,Germans want the social contract maintained and are willing to sacrifice to keep it - for themselves and future generations.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

That's not to say that sacrifice is abolished, it's not to say that sacrifice isn't important to Deuteronomy--very far from it, it's an essential part of God's service for Deuteronomy.

也就是说献祭被摒弃了，并不是说在申命记,中献祭不再重要，远不是那样，这是申命记中最核心的侍奉上帝的方式之一。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

like, we put in a lot of work, sacrifice a lot. And it just feels really good.

我们投入了许多，牺牲了许多。我很享受这个过程。

在马拉松认识的朋友 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He adds "While I feel like I'm starting over again as a novice, it's a welcome sacrifice in regaining some of the excitement I felt years ago."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

It's a sacrifice on our poet's behalf.

对我们的诗人来说那是一种牺牲。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In this case it's a sacrifice in Exodus 24:8.

在《出埃及记》第24章第8节中，这件事是一种牺牲。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It's the violence of this horrible act of self-sacrifice, this tragic act of self-sacrifice -- an act of self-sacrifice - intended obviously to preserve the state of virginity -- that grabs our attention and presumably grabbed Milton's.

正是这种可怖的自我牺牲行为的暴力，这种悲剧的自我牺牲--这种明显是,要保护童贞的自我牺牲的行为-,吸引了我们的注意力，大概也吸引了弥尔顿的注意力。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选