Speaking truths to power should not be sacrificial, but they are.

对有权力的人说出真相， 不该是种牺牲，但偏偏就是。

They carved their sacrificial altars and the markers of the ball courts.

他们雕刻了祭坛和球场的标志。

Archeologists have unearthed 13,000 cultural relics from six sacrificial pits at Sanxingdui in southwestern China.

考古学家在西南部三星堆的六个祭祀坑出土 13，000 件文物。

The artifact was restored through great effort as it was excavated from different sacrificial pits.

这件文物是通过从不同的祭祀坑挖掘出来的，经过了巨大的努力才得以修复。

I first saw this done in Light in August (still my favorite Faulkner novel) , where the sacrificial lamb is named Joe Christmas. Thus death-row inmate John Bowes became John Coffey.

我在《八月之光》(至今仍然是我最钟爱的一部福克纳的小说）里看到过这种做法，其那作为牺牲的羔羊名叫乔·圣诞(JoeChristinas) 于是死囚约·伯伊斯就变成了约·克菲。

Archeologists believe that here, 3,000 years ago, along the banks of the river, people of his Shu culture performed sacrificial rites in honor of the Sun.

考古学家认为，3000年前，在这里，沿着这条河的河岸，蜀文化的人们会举行祭祀仪式来纪念太阳。

This looks back to an ancient sacrificial ritual established long before Hinduism-that had been observed by the Indian kings of the past, and was preserved and continued by the Guptas.

这源自印度教诞生之前就已存在的一种古老的祭祀仪式，之前的印度王一直奉行，笈多的王也将其继承了下来。

After three months of archaeological work, researchers have uncovered a total area of 1,400 square meters, discovering 21 tombs, 3 stone piles, 1 ash pit, and 1 sacrificial pit.

经过三个月的考古工作，研究人员发掘了总面积1400平方米，发现了21座墓葬、3个石堆、1个灰坑和1个祭祀坑。

Bolting through the bathroom door, his eyes starting from their sockets, his hair on end like the hair of a hedgehog about to be turned into a sacrificial

他的眼睛吓得凸出来，头发直竖，活像一只马上要被变成祭祀肉球。

These unfortunate sacrificial beasts were then slaughtered and their entrails examine -- not for auguries of the future but for their microbial populations.

这些不幸的绵羊随后被屠宰，并检查了它们的内脏——不是为了预示未来，而是为了检查它们体内的微生物种群。

The project took 11 years to complete and is believed to house many treasures and sacrificial items meant for his afterlife.

这个项目耗11年完成，据信陵藏有许多宝藏和祭祀用品，用于他的来世。

From a historical perspective, it is an important physical witness for studying ancient sacrificial rituals and social development.

从历史角度看，它是研究古代祭祀礼仪和社会发展的重要实物见证。

It was found on the lid of a bronze jar in the No. 8 sacrificial pit.

该神兽于 8 号祭祀坑的青铜罐子盖子上发现的。

Among 200 vessels on earth that Erlitou is this ornamented sacrificial bronze Zun, the earliest object of its kind ever found in East Asia.

二百件二里头青铜器，这件爵是东亚最早具有纹饰的酒礼器。

The sacrificial area includes the No. 1 pit, No. 2 pit excavated in 1986 and the six pits newly discovered between 2020 and 2022.

祭祀区包括一号坑、1986 年挖掘的二号坑和 2020 年至 2022 年间新发现的六座坑。

In terms of key events, on the birthday of Fuxi every year, a grand sacrificial ceremony is held here.

关键事件方面，每年的伏羲诞辰，这里都会举行盛大的祭祀活动。

Additionally, a building site that combines tombs and sacrificial altars was discovered for the first time.

此外，首次发现了一个结合墓葬和祭祀台的建筑遗址。

Nonetheless, what's certain is that the owl was the most important symbol in Shang Dynasty China, the most frequently occurring bird motif on bronze sacrificial vessels.

尽管如此，可以肯定的是，猫头鹰是商代最重要的象征，是青铜祭祀器皿上最常见的鸟图案。

From a historical perspective, it has witnessed hundreds of years of ups and downs and is an important example for studying ancient Chinese architecture and sacrificial culture.

从历史角度看，它见证了数百年的风雨沧桑，是研究古代建筑和祭祀文化的重要实例。

The eight pits are surrounded by rectangular trenches, small circular and rectangular sacrificial pits, as well as trenches in the south and buildings in the northwest.

这八座坑的周边分布着矩形沟槽、小型圆形或矩形祭祀坑，以及南侧的灰沟、西北部的建筑。