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英语单词 profane
英美音标 英 [prə'feɪn] 美 [prə'feɪn]
中文释义 adj.亵渎的;不敬神的;世俗的
v.亵渎;玷污
英语例句 (1) His profane language annoyed us.
(2) I was sorry, I said, to hear them so very profane.
(3) They have profane the long uphold tradition of the church.
(4) His action profaned the honour of his country.
中文例句 (1) 他亵渎的言语激怒了我们。
(2) 我说,我听见他们这样的蔑教,很难过。
(3) 他们亵渎了教会长期沿袭的传统。
(4) 他的行为玷污了国家的荣誉。
vocabulary简明 Profane is the sort of language that gets bleeped on TV but it's also whenever you deeply offend people with how little respect you show something (usually religious).
vocabulary扩展 The Latin root profanus means "unholy," and that's where it all started. If you take the Lord's name in vain, you've profaned Him and probably made your mom pretty angry too. Don't even try the curse words so vital to a truly great hip-hop track but perhaps not recommended for dinner with Grandma.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]亵渎的;渎神的 Profane behaviour shows disrespect for a religion or religious things.
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...profane language.

    亵渎的话语

2
[ADJ 形容词]非宗教的;世俗的 Something that is profane is concerned with everyday life rather than religion and spiritual things.
  • Cardinal Daly has said that churches should not be used for profane or secular purposes.

    戴利主教已经说过,教堂不应该用于非宗教或世俗的目的。

3
[VERB 动词]亵渎;不敬;玷污;渎神 If someone profanes a religious belief or institution, they treat it with disrespect.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • They have profaned the long upheld traditions of the Church.

    他们亵渎了教会长期以来的传统。

profanation
  • They called for demonstrations to express revulsion at the profanation of a Jewish cemetery.

    他们号召举行示威游行,以示对亵渎犹太公墓行为的强烈反对。

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