the table in a Christian church at which the bread and wine are consecrated in communion services
圣餐台。
a table or flat-topped block used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a deity
圣坛, 祭坛。
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lead someone to the altar marry a woman 娶某人为妻 -
sacrifice someone/thing on/at the altar of cause someone or something to suffer in the interests of 为…而牺牲某人(或某物)no businessman is going to sacrifice his company on the altar of such altruism . 没有一个商人会为这样的利他主义而牺牲自己的公司利益
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