redeem: [15] The -deem is not the same word as deem (which is related to doom). In fact, there never was a true -deem in it. It comes from Latin emere ‘take, buy’ (source also of English example, prompt, etc), which when combined with the prefix re- ‘again, back’ had a d grafted into it to produce redimere ‘buy back’. English probably acquired it via French rédimer. => example, prompt, sample
redeem (v.)
early 15c., "buy back, ransom," from Middle French redemer "buy back," from Latin redimere (see redemption). Theological sense of "deliver from sin and spiritual death" is from c. 1500. Meaning "make amends for" is from 1520s. Sense of "make good" (a promise, obligation, etc.) is from 1840. Related: Redeemed; redeeming.
双语例句
1. The amount required to redeem the mortgage was £358,587.
需要偿还的抵押贷款总计358,587英镑。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The excellent acting wasn't enough to redeem a weak plot.
精彩的表演不足以掩盖情节的拙劣。
来自《权威词典》
3. He had no way to redeem his furniture out of pawn.
他无法赎回典当的家具.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. The eyes redeem the face from ugliness.
这双眼睛弥补了他其貌不扬之缺陷.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. He had realized the mistake he had made and wanted to redeem himself.
