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impiousness

/im-pee-uhs, im-pahy-/US // ˈɪm pi əs, ɪmˈpaɪ- //UK // (ˈɪmpɪəs) //

不虔诚,不孝顺,不虔诚的态度,不孝

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
    • : disrespectful.

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Examples

  • By the way, this article is not only impious and damnable, it's also almost certainly illegal to read or publish it in Gaza.

  • It would be impossible, as well as impious, for men to imitate the making of the Covenant of Redemption, or of that of Works.

  • The old Don Luis shows his whitened locks, scorned by his hypocritically impious son.

  • Impious people, you say, deprived of the flattering hopes of another life, desire to be annihilated.

  • To be impious, is to have unjust opinions about the God who is adored; to be superstitious, is to have false ideas of Him.

  • In March 1649, a quartermaster named Boutholmey was tried by council of war for uttering impious expressions.