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.
雙語例句
1. The amount required to redeem the mortgage was ￡358,587.
需要償還的抵押貸款總計358,587英鎊。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The excellent acting wasn't enough to redeem a weak plot.
精彩的表演不足以掩蓋情節的拙劣。
來自《權威詞典》
3. He had no way to redeem his furniture out of pawn.
他無法贖回典當的家具.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. The eyes redeem the face from ugliness.
這雙眼睛彌補了他其貌不揚之缺陷.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. He had realized the mistake he had made and wanted to redeem himself.