sins

《柯林斯词典》对“sins”这个单词的解释：

• 名词 sins （罪行）：Sin is an offence against religious or moral law.
• 名词 sins （罪孽）：If you refer to the sins of someone or something, you mean what you consider to be their worst features or qualities.
• 名词 sins （违法行为）：If you say that someone has committed a sin, you mean that they have done something that you consider to be morally wrong or offensive.
• 形容词 sinful （有罪的）：If you describe an activity or a type of behaviour as sinful, you disapprove of it because it is against moral principles.

《牛津词典》对“sins”这个单词的解释：

• 名词 sins （罪行）：An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.
• 名词 sins （罪孽）：A regrettable or unfortunate thing or action.
• 动词 sin （犯罪）：Commit a sin.
• 形容词 sinful （有罪的）：Characterized by or manifesting sinful habits and desires.

词语辨析：

1. sin vs. crime:

Sin强调的是违背宗教或道德法则，而crime则是指违法行为。

词汇扩充：

• original sin （原罪）：The tendency to evil inherent in all human beings, held to be inherited from Adam in consequence of the Fall.
• venial sin （轻罪）：A relatively slight sin that does not entail damnation of the soul.
• mortal sin （严重罪）：A sin regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace.
• sinful pleasure （享乐）：A pleasure that is regarded as wrong or immoral.
• sinful desire （欲望）：A desire that is regarded as morally wrong or offensive.

近义词与反义词：

近义词：transgression, wrongdoing, offense, iniquity

反义词：virtue, righteousness, goodness, piety

用法：

1. commit a sin 犯罪

2. atone for one's sins 弥补自己的过错

3. sin of omission 疏忽过失

《柯林斯词典》例句：

1. He has confessed his sins and asked for forgiveness.
2. She saw herself as the product of original sin.
3. He had been gambling, and drinking heavily, and sinning with women.
4. They do not believe that they are committing a sin.
5. It is a sin to kill someone.
6. He confessed his sins to the priest.
7. He warns her that it is a sin to lie.
8. She saw sex as sinful.
9. I was fascinated by the sinful city.
10. She had a sinful love affair.

《牛津词典》例句：

1. There are sins of omission as well as sins of commission.
2. It is a sin to waste food when people are starving.
3. She committed the ultimate sin of marrying a man she did not love.
4. The sin of pride is said to be the most serious.
5. He saw drugs as a necessary evil, a sin he had to commit.
6. They were expelled from the congregation for their sins.
7. The company has committed the cardinal sin of failing to listen to its customers.
8. She saw herself as the innocent victim of other people's sins.
9. He was born in sin and shaped in iniquity.
10. He never thought about the sins of his father.