sin

复数：sins过去式：sinned过去分词：sinned现在分词：sinning第三人称单数：sins

1. [U] (宗教上、道德上的)罪 the breaking of a religious or moral law
2. [C] 罪恶,罪孽 offence against such a law
3. [C] 过错,罪过; 愚蠢的事,可耻的事 sth that is regarded as wrong or shameful

• commit a ～犯罪
• forgive a ～宽恕罪过
• wash away one's ～洗清自己的罪恶

• original ～原罪
• deadly〔mortal〕 ～s〈宗〉不可宽恕的罪行,要入地狱的罪

• for one's ～s自作自受
• purify sb from ～洗清某人的罪过
• live in ～姘居

• ～ against〔of〕 ～违反…的罪

for one's sins[戏谑语]该死

original sin原罪

like sin极强烈地；非常猛烈地；拼命地

live in sin姘居

1. He thinks it's a sin to covet other's properties.
   他认为贪图他人的财物是有罪的。
2. I guess ignorance must be a sin.
   我认为无知是一种罪。

1. We've sinned against you, and against our fellow men.
   我们得罪了你，也得罪了我们的邻人。
2. We are ashamed of sin and yet not ashamed to sin.
   我们耻于罪而不耻于犯罪。
3. To abstain from sin when a man cannot sin is to be forsaken by sin,not forsake it.
   当一个人因无力作恶而不犯罪，是为罪所舍弃，并非舍之而不为。