atone
- v. （常作 atone for sth.）弥补（过错、罪过等），赎罪，补偿；〈及物〉赎（罪），抵偿（过错）
[ 第三人称单数 atones 现在分词 atoning 过去式 atoned 过去分词 atoned ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
atone /əˈtəʊn/ ( atoning, atoned, atones )
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V-I If you atone for something that you have done, you do something to show that you are sorry you did it. 弥补; 赎罪 [正式]
例：He felt he had atoned for what he had done to his son.
他觉得他已弥补曾对儿子所做的错事。
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"Yours wasn't a really good school," said the Mock Turtle in a tone of great relief.
“你们的学校并不是一所真正的好学校。”假海龟说道，它的口气就轻松多了。
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Usually not meant to be noticeable, it often provides a tone or an emotional attitude toward the story and/or the characters depicted.
它一般不会喧宾夺主引人关注，而是为影片中所刻画的故事和/或人物提供了某种基调或情绪态度。
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The aunt went on, in a tone of mingled vexation and reproach.
阿姨继续说下去，口气里混杂着烦恼和责备。
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Then,he began experimenting with what is called a twelve-tone system of composing.
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Let's listen to Luciano Pavarotti sing a leading tone, and as by coincidence, it happens to be the one-year anniversary of Pavarotti's death this week.
让我们听一下,卢西亚诺·帕瓦罗蒂演唱的导音,巧合的是,这周恰好是,帕瓦罗蒂逝世一周年
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And this regime--in this sense the regime describes the character or tone of a society.
这样的政体描绘出,社会的特性或说调性。
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