sin /sɪn/ CET4 ( sinning, sinned, sins )

义项 sin读作saɪn。

• 1. 

  N-VAR Sin or a sin is an action or type of behaviour which is believed to break the laws of God. 罪过; 罪孽

  例：

  The Vatican's teaching on abortion is clear: it is a sin.

  梵蒂冈有关坠胎的教义是清楚的：这是个罪过。

• 2. 

  V-I If you sin, you do something that is believed to break the laws of God. 犯戒律

  例：

  The Spanish Inquisition charged him with sinning against God and man.

  西班牙宗教法庭指控他违背了上帝和人类的律法。

• 3. 

  sinner N-COUNT 罪人

  例：

  I was shown that I am a sinner, that I needed to repent of my sins.

  我被证明是个罪人，需要为我的罪孽忏悔。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A sin is any action or behaviour that people disapprove of or consider morally wrong. 违背道德原则的行为

  例：

  ...the sin of arrogant hard-heartedness.

  …狂妄冷酷的恶行。

• 5. 

  ABBREVIATION for sine sine的缩写