sin

英 [sɪn]

美 [sɪn]

n.  罪，罪恶，罪过(对神的违犯或对宗教戒律、道德规范的违犯); 罪行，犯罪(违犯宗教戒律、道德规范的行为); 过错; 过失; 恶行
v.  犯戒律; 犯过失
abbr.  正弦

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

Collins.2 / BNC.3651 / COCA.3285

习惯用语

be/do sth for your sins

(as) miserable/ugly as sin

cover/hide a multitude of sins

掩藏实情；掩盖真相
to hide the real situation or facts when these are not good or pleasant

live in sin

noun

罪，罪恶，罪过（对神的违犯或对宗教戒律、道德规范的违犯）
an offence against God or against a religious or moral law
1. to commit a sin
  犯罪
2. Confess your sins to God and he will forgive you.
  向上帝忏悔，上帝就会宽恕你。
3. The Bible says that stealing is a sin.
  《圣经》上说偷盗有罪。
罪行，犯罪（违犯宗教戒律、道德规范的行为）
the act of breaking a religious or moral law
1. a life of sin
  罪过的一生
过错；过失；恶行
an action that people strongly disapprove of
1. It's a sin to waste taxpayers' money like that.
  这样挥霍纳税人的钱太不应该。

verb

abbr.

N-VAR 罪;罪过;罪孽
Sinor asinis an action or type of behaviour which is believed to break the laws of God.
1. The Vatican's teaching on abortion is clear: it is a sin...
  罗马教廷对堕胎的教义非常清楚：这是罪过。
2. Was it the sin of pride to have believed too much in themselves?
  他们过分自信，这是否犯了骄纵之罪？
See also:cardinal sin mortal sin
VERB 犯戒律;犯过失
If yousin, you do something that is believed to break the laws of God.
1. The Spanish Inquisition charged him with sinning against God and man...
  西班牙宗教法庭指控他亵渎上帝和人类。
2. You have sinned and must repent your ways.
  你犯了罪，必须为你的所作所为作出忏悔。
N-COUNT 罪恶;恶行;不道德的行为
Asinis any action or behaviour that people disapprove of or consider morally wrong.
1. ...the sin of arrogant hard-heartedness...
  傲慢无情的恶行
2. The ultimate sin was not infidelity, but public mention which led to scandal.
  最大的罪过不是通奸而是公众议论，是它导致了丑闻的发生。
PHRASE 同居
If you say that a man and a womanare living in sin, you mean that they are living together as a couple although they are not married.
1. She was living in sin with her boyfriend.
  她和男友同居。
a multitude of sins→ see:multitude

noun

an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
Synonym:sinning
violent and excited activity
1. they began to fight like sin
Synonym:hell
estrangement from god
Synonym:sinfulnesswickedness
the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
Synonym:sine

verb

commit a sin
Synonym:transgresstrespass
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
1. I blundered during the job interview
Synonym:drop the ballblunderboobgoof

The Vatican's teaching on abortion is clear: it is a sin
罗马教廷对堕胎的教义非常清楚：这是罪过。
Let me clarify, I love the church I love the bible and yes I believe in sin.
请让我澄清，我爱教会，我爱圣经；是的，我也相信有罪。
I committed the physician's cardinal sin: I got involved with my patients.
我犯了从医的大忌：跟病人有了感情纠葛。
You have sinned and must repent your ways.
你犯了罪，必须为你的所作所为作出忏悔。
She was living in sin with her boyfriend.
她和男友同居。
Was it the sin of pride to have believed too much in themselves?
他们过分自信，这是否犯了骄纵之罪？
The holiness of God reveals one's own sin
上帝的神圣揭示世人自身的罪孽。
We all owe debts of sin and gospel.
我们都欠了罪恶的债务和福音的债务。
Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?
谁能说，我洁净了我的心。我脱净了我的罪。
Adam and Even committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
亚当和夏娃在中伊甸园吃了禁果后，产生了原罪。