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blasphemy

/blas-fuh-mee/US // ˈblæs fə mi //UK // (ˈblæsfɪmɪ) //

亵渎神明,亵渎,渎神,亵渎罪

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural blas·phe·mies.

    • : impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
    • : Judaism. an act of cursing or reviling God.pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.
    • : Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.
    • : irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.: He uttered blasphemies against life itself.

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Examples

  • Six years later, he was arrested and accused of propaganda against the regime, blasphemy and illegal music activity.

  • It has already prompted cries of blasphemy and concerns that the book will promote Christian nationalism, the idea that America is and should remain a Christian nation.

  • He never said it outright — Believe in me as you believe in God — that would have been obvious blasphemy and idolatry.

  • According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.

  • Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.

  • Since 1987, there have been roughly 1,300 cases filed under the blasphemy laws, according to varied reports.

  • Its blasphemy law, which carries the death penalty, is frequently invoked and just as frequently misused.

  • If you muttered, “blasphemy” after reading the first tip about skipping a snack, then snack smart.

  • Instead of writing slander and flat blasphemy, they propose to draw it, and not draw it mild.

  • That they may be afraid, who come with blasphemy against thy holy people.

  • They looked on him, some about to stop their ears at his blasphemy; but one glance told it was no blasphemy, but bitter truth.

  • Was not this a blasphemy against the fatherly goodness of the Creator,—a base desertion of the cause of the disinherited?

  • It is a continental form of pleasantry, and an artistic experiment in blasphemy which is taken seriously by the unwise.