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为供神而宰杀,供奉牲礼,牺牲

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Immolate \Im"mo*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immolated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Immolating}.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to
   sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal;
   pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground
   and mixed with salt; also, mill. See {Molar}, {Meal} ground
   grain.]
   To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a
   sacrificial victim.

         Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities]
         the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of
         women.                                   --Boyle.

资料来源 : WordNet®

immolate
     v : offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to
         destruction; "The Aztecs immolated human victims";
         "immolate the valuables at the temple"