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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

sin [sɪn]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] 罪孽
  2. 2. vi. 有罪

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

sin [sɪn] [sɪn]
  1. 1. noun （宗教或道德上的）罪恶，罪孽；罪过
  2. 2. noun 犯罪，违法
  3. 3. noun 过错，过失
  4. 4. vi. 犯罪；违背法规
  5. 5. vi. 犯过失
  6. 6. vt. [archaic] 犯（罪）

Collins English-English Dictionary

sin [sɪn]
  1. 1. n [theol] transgression of God's known will or any principle or law regarded as embodying this
  2. 2. n the condition of estrangement from God arising from such transgression - See also actual sin mortal sin original sin venial sin
  3. 3. n any serious offence, as against a religious or moral principle
  4. 4. n any offence against a principle or standard
  5. 5. vi. [intr] [theol] to commit a sin
  6. 6. vi. [usually foll by against] to commit an offence (against a person, principle, etc)
  7. 7. vi. [Etymology] Old English synn; related to Old Norse synth, Old High German suntea sin, Latin sons guilty
sin [sɪn]
  1. 1. adv a Scot dialect word for since
sin [siːn]
  1. 1. n a variant of shin, the 21st letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ש), transliterated as S S - See shin
sin [saɪn]
  1. 1. abbreviation for [maths] sine
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Examples

sin x = sin (x + 2π), where 2π is the period → period
"The wages of sin is death"
罪孽的报应是丧命 → wage
to welter in sin
陷于罪恶的渊薮之中 → welter
an inexpiable sin
不能赎的罪 → inexpiable
Her husband was so silly and as ugly as sin.
他的丈夫又蠢又丑。 → ugly
cardinal sin → cardinal
lack of impartiality is considered a cardinal sin in broadcasting circles → cardinal sin
the domain of sin x is all real numbers → domain
a grievous sin → grievous
a circle x2+y2=r2 has parametric equations x=r cos θ and y=r sin θ in terms of the parameters r and θ → parametric equations
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