altar

altar
[ˈɔːltə, ˈɒl-]
noun
  1. the table in a Christian church at which the bread and wine are consecrated in communion services
    圣餐台
    ■a table or flat-topped block used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a deity
    圣坛， 祭坛
常用词组
lead someone to the altar
  1. marry a woman
    娶某人为妻
sacrifice someone/thing on/at the altar of
  1. cause someone or something to suffer in the interests of
    使某人或物作牺牲
    no businessman is going to sacrifice his company on the altar of such altruism.
    没有一个商人会为这样的利他主义而牺牲自己的公司利益。
语源
  1. Old English altar, alter, based on late Latin altar, altarium, from Latin altus 'high'
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