English-Dutch translations for sacrifice

• offeren
  Waarom offeren we er onschuldige bomen voor op? Why do we sacrifice so many innocent trees to do it?
  Als je je principes hoog wilt houden, moet je bereid zijn je belangen op te offeren. Upholding the former would imply a readiness to sacrifice the latter.
  Het is de vraag of passagiers bereid zijn om hun ongemak te offeren voor hun veiligheid. It is a question whether passengers are prepared to sacrifice their discomfort for their safety.
• offer
  Het is prima om offers te vragen, maar ook offers kennen een prijs. It is fine to ask for sacrifice but sacrifice also comes at a price.
  Wij dienen stil te staan bij hun offer. We should remember their sacrifice.
  Wij zijn niet bereid offers te brengen. We are not prepared to make any sacrifices.
• offerande
• opofferen
  Ik vraag u: gaan we dit succes opofferen? I ask you: are we going to sacrifice this success?
  We kunnen nooit het ene voor het andere opofferen. We shall never be able to sacrifice one to the other.
  We mogen de lange termijn niet opofferen aan de korte termijn. We must not sacrifice the long term to the short term.
• opoffering
  Wie moet de schuld krijgen van deze massale opoffering van menselijk leven? Who is to be blamed for this massive sacrifice of human life?
  Rijke landen zouden geen profijt mogen trekken van de opoffering van de Poolse landbouw en de Poolse suiker. Rich countries should not profit from any sacrifice of Polish agriculture and Polish sugar.
  De tweede zwakke kant was de opoffering van het punt “preventie van bosbranden”, dat ondergebracht was bij de programma’s voor plattelandsontwikkeling. The second weakness was the sacrifice of the fire prevention measures recommended for rural development programmes.
• slachtoffer
  In de woorden van Jezus: "Ik wil erbarmen, geen slachtoffers”. Jesus says: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice'.
  Soms werken individuele slachtoffers historische veranderingen in de hand. Sometimes individual sacrifices contribute to historic changes.
  Daarom moeten we het lot van de vele onschuldige slachtoffers niet vergeten. We cannot, however, forget the sacrifice of so many innocent victims.

Definition of sacrifice

• To offer as a gift to a deity
• To trade for something of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more, such as an ally or business relationship, or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money
• To intentionally give up in order to improve one’s position on the board
• To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value
• The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite
• The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; the devotion of something desirable to something higher, or to a calling deemed more pressing
• Something sacrificed
• A loss of profit

Synonyms

• at a loss

Examples

• Venison has many advantages over meat from factory farms, although it still requires a hunter to sacrifice the life of a deer
• the sacrifice of ones spare time in order to volunteer

Related words

• self-sacrifice
• sacrificer
• unsacrificed
• sacrifice {worship of pagan gods
• human sacrifice
• pawn sacrifice
• dog sacrifice
• willing to make sacrifices