redeem

verb

/rɪˈdiːm/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they redeem	/rɪˈdiːm/ /rɪˈdiːm/
he / she / it redeems	/rɪˈdiːmz/ /rɪˈdiːmz/
past simple redeemed	/rɪˈdiːmd/ /rɪˈdiːmd/
past participle redeemed	/rɪˈdiːmd/ /rɪˈdiːmd/
-ing form redeeming	/rɪˈdiːmɪŋ/ /rɪˈdiːmɪŋ/

redeem somebody/something to make somebody/something seem less bad补救；弥补；掩饰…之不足 synonym compensate
- 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。
- The only redeeming feature of the job (= good thing about it) is the salary.这份工作唯一的可取之处就是它的工资。
- She seems to have no redeeming qualities (= good aspects of her character) at all.她似乎一点可取之处都没有。
- In an attempt to redeem the situation, Jed offered to help sell tickets.为了挽救局面，杰德主动提出帮忙售票。
Synonyms save
save
- rescue
- bail out
- redeem
These words all mean to prevent somebody/something from dying, losing something, being harmed or embarrassed.
- save to prevent somebody/something from dying, being harmed or destroyed or losing something:
  Doctors were unable to save him.医生未能把他救活。
  a campaign to save the panda from extinction一场拯救大熊猫免于灭绝的运动
- rescue to save somebody/something from a dangerous or harmful situation:
  They were rescued by a passing cruise ship.他们被一艘经过的游轮救起。
- bail somebody out to rescue somebody/something from a difficult situation, especially by providing money:
  Don’t expect me to bail you out if it all goes wrong.如果一切都搞砸了，就别指望我来解救你。
- redeem (formal, religion) to save somebody from the power of evil:
  He was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God.他是一个罪人，承蒙上主的恩宠才获得救赎。
  Redeem is also used in non-religious language in the phrase redeem a situation, which means to prevent a situation from being as bad as it might be.
Patterns
- to save/rescue/redeem somebody/something from something
- to save/rescue/redeem a situation
- to save/redeem sinners/mankind
- to rescue somebody/bail somebody out financially
redeem yourself to do something to improve the opinion that people have of you, especially after you have done something bad挽回影响；改变印象；维护
- He has a chance to redeem himself after last week's mistakes.他有机会弥补上星期犯下的错误。
redeem somebody (in Christianity基督教) to save somebody from the power of evil拯救；救赎
- Jesus Christ came to redeem us from sin.耶稣基督来将我们从罪恶中拯救出来。
- He was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God.他是一个罪人，承蒙上主的恩宠才获得救赎。
Topics Religion and festivalsc2
redeem something to pay the full sum of money that you owe somebody; to pay a debt偿清；付清
- to redeem a loan/mortgage清偿贷款／按揭贷款
redeem something to exchange something such as shares or vouchers for money or goods兑换；兑现
- This voucher can be redeemed at any of our branches.这抵用券在我们的任一分支机构都可以使用。
redeem something to get back a valuable object from somebody by paying them back the money you borrowed from them in exchange for the object赎回
- He was able to redeem his watch from the pawnshop.他得以从当铺赎回他的表。
redeem a pledge/promise (formal) to do what you have promised that you will do履行，遵守（诺言）

词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘buy back’): from Old French redimer or Latin redimere, from re- ‘back’ + emere ‘buy’.