atonement

n.

弥补；赎罪；（神与人的）调和；（常大写）（耶稣的苦难和死促成的）上帝与人的和好

make atonement for赎(罪)；弥补(过失、过错等)

1. Christ's atonement is for the sins of mankind.
   耶稣的赎罪是为了人类的罪恶。
2. He sent her some flowers in atonement for his earlier rudeness.
   他因先前的粗鲁而向她献花赔罪。
3. The criminal reformed and promised atonement for his acts.
   那罪犯改过自新,保证赎自己的罪过。
4. We expect the transgressor to make any atonement possible to him.
   我们期待犯了过失的人有可能做到的赎罪行为。

Punishment as Atonement
The rhetoric of atonement
Responsibility and atonement
Narrative Engagement with Atonement and The Blind Assassin
Memory and Storytelling in Ian McEwan's Atonement
The Age of Atonement: The Influence of Evangelicalism on Social and Economic Thought, 1795–1865
The Age of Atonement: The Influence of Evangelicalism on Social and Economic Thought, 1795–1865
The Impression of a Deeper Darkness: Ian McEwan's Atonement
Briony's Stand against Oblivion: The Making of Fiction in Ian McEwan's "Atonement"
Old Testament Teaching On Necessity In Creation And Its Implication For The Doctrine Of Atonement