1510s, "condition of being at one (with others)," from atone + -ment. Meaning "reconciliation" (especially of sinners with God) is from 1520s; that of "propitiation of an offended party" is from 1610s.
雙語例句
1. True guilt is characterized by a readiness to make atonement for having done wrong.
真正的內(nèi)疚表現(xiàn)為愿意彌補(bǔ)所犯的過錯(cuò)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He's living in a monastery in a gesture of atonement for human rights abuses committed under his leadership.