• vt. 赎罪；弥补；偿还
• vi. 弥补；赎回

来自短语at one. 与上帝一致。因宗教观念认为人带有原罪，故需赎罪。

atone

atone: [16] As its spelling suggests, but its pronunciation disguises, atone comes from the phrase at one ‘united, in harmony’, lexicalized as atone in early modern English. It may have been modelled on Latin adūnāre ‘unite’, which was similarly compounded from ad ‘to, at’ and ūnum ‘one’.
=> at, one

atone (v.)

1550s, from adverbial phrase atonen (c. 1300) "in accord," literally "at one," a contraction of at and one. It retains the older pronunciation of one. The phrase perhaps is modeled on Latin adunare "unite," from ad- "to, at" (see ad-) + unum "one." Related: Atoned; atoning.

1. to atone for a crime

赎罪

来自《权威词典》

2. What will you do to atone for this sin?

你将做什么来赎这罪 呢 ?

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. Blood must atone for blood.

血债要用血来还.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. He promised to atone for his crime.

他承诺要赎自己的罪.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. How can I atone for hurting your feelings?

我伤害了你的感情,该怎样来弥补我的过错 呢 ?

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》