death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
any experience that causes intense suffering
例句
用作名词 (n.)
I should be very sorry to see you suffer martyrdom for me. 你为了我而作出牺牲，真让我有点儿过意不去。
Suicide bombers follow different religions that reveal absurdity of the western claim that Islamic fundamentalists are involved in wreaking martyrdom operations to kill others. 不同教派的自杀性爆炸者透露了西方人士声称的悖论，那就是伊斯兰教原教旨主义需要巨大破坏的牺牲来杀死其他人。
The path of Christ is the path of martyrdom. 基督的道路就是殉难的道路。
经典引文
Encouraging catholics to persevere to martyrdom for their faith.
出自： J. A. Froude
'That's what I'm giving up,' I said with an expression of insufferable martyrdom.
美
['mɑːrtərdəm]
