English-Finnish translations for sacrifice

  • uhrataEmme voi koskaan uhrata toista toisen vuoksi. We shall never be able to sacrifice one to the other. Emme saa uhrata pitkän aikavälin tavoitteita lyhyen aikavälin tavoitteille. We must not sacrifice the long term to the short term. Me emme voi uhrata ihmisoikeuksia energiapolitiikan alttarille. We cannot sacrifice human rights on the altar of energy policy.
  • uhrausMutta kyseessä ei saa koskaan olla yksipuolinen uhraus, jonka työntekijät tekevät. However, they can never be a one-sided sacrifice, made by employees. On selvää, että uhraus ei ole sen arvoinen. It is obvious that the sacrifice is not worth it. Menoerän takuuna on siis uhraus, joka ei maksa meille juuri mitään. It is therefore expenditure that has been secured by a sacrifice that barely costs us anything.
  • uhriHolodomorilla on kuitenkin meille jotakin tärkeää opetettavaa: niin monen uhri ei ole ollut turha. The Holodomor has something important to teach us, however: the sacrifice of so many has not been in vain. Vaikka täällä vallitsi rikkumaton hiljaisuus, kun Théo Van Goghin kurkku viillettiin auki tavalla, joka muistutti Rembrandtin maalausta "Abrahamin uhri", ehdokas Buttiglione ansaitsi tukea. Whereas there was a pervasive silence when Théo Van Gogh had his throat slit in a manner reminiscent of Rembrandt's painting, Abraham's Sacrifice,Mr Buttiglione deserved support.
  • myydä tappiolla
  • uhrautua
  • uhrautuminenNeuvostoliiton armeijan valtava uhrautuminen ansaitsee kunnioitusta ja arvostusta. The enormous sacrifice of the Soviet army demands respect and honour. Voitte olla varmoja, ettei Martín Carpenan uhrautuminen ollut turhaa. Please be assured that the sacrifice of Martín Carpena has not been in vain. Hyvät kuulijat, rohkeus ja uhrautuminen ovat aina olleet ratkaisevan tärkeitä ominaisuuksia ihmisoikeuksien kehittämisessä vuosisatojen kuluessa. Ladies and gentlemen, courage and self-sacrifice have always been decisive for the development of human rights over the centuries.
  • uhrilahja

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

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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

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