Absolution is the washing away of sin...赦免是洗凈罪孽的圣水

wash away 沖走； 洗去；

He is trying to wash away his sins.

他正試圖洗刷他的罪過。

I could not wash away the mark of the scorch.

我洗不掉這焦痕。

The best among us will learn from the mistakes of the past,我們中的智者從過去吸取教訓

learn from向 ... 學習

His suggestion is that we shall learn from her.

他的建議是我們應當向她學習。

The young should learn from his heroism.

年青人應該學習他的的英雄事跡。

And then there are those who operate on the fringes of society...而那些游走于社會邊緣之人

operate on給 ... 動手術；在 ... 操作

The doctors shall operate on his central nervous system.

醫生們將要對他的中樞神經系統動手術。

We still had to operate on a shoestring.

我們仍得小本經營。