salvation
- n. 拯救, 救助
- Definition
- n. the act of saving someone from danger, harm, or difficulty
- Example
- For him, learning to read felt like a kind of salvation.
- 对他来说，学会阅读就像是一种救赎。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: being rescued from a bad situation (noun).
比较义项：拯救（名词）。
- salvation 本词
Refers to being rescued from danger, harm, or a difficult situation; the cause can be external and does not imply the person did anything wrong.
指从危险、伤害或困境中被解救出来；原因可以是外部的，并不暗示当事人有过错。
Winning that scholarship was pure salvation for a family drowning in debt.
对于一个深陷债务的家庭来说，获得那份奖学金简直就是一种拯救。
- redemption
Refers to being saved from one's own past sin, error, or wrongdoing, usually through effort or personal change; implies a moral fault that is later corrected.
指从自己过去的罪过、错误中被救赎，通常需要通过努力或个人改变来实现；暗示存在需要后来纠正的道德过失。
He spent the next decade seeking redemption for the lies he had told as a young man.
接下来的十年里，他一直努力为自己年轻时说过的谎言寻求救赎。
Both words mean being rescued from a bad situation. Salvation stresses being saved from danger or harm, with no wrongdoing implied. Redemption stresses being saved from past sin, through effort or change. Redemption's other senses, like repaying a loan, are not compared here.
这两个词都可以指“从不好的处境中被拯救出来”，但 salvation 强调从危险、困境或伤害中被解救，未必涉及本人的过错；redemption 强调从罪过、错误中被救赎，通常暗示当事人曾经犯错，需要通过努力或改变来弥补。这里不比较 redemption 的“（贷款的）偿还”或“（优惠券等的）兑换”等其他义项。