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sacrilege

/sak-ruh-lij/US // ˈsæk rə lɪdʒ //UK // (ˈsækrɪlɪdʒ) //

亵渎神明,亵渎神明罪,亵渎神灵,亵渎神明行为

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred.
    • : an instance of this.
    • : the stealing of anything consecrated to the service of God.

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Examples

  • He tells The Daily Beast that people thought transplanting organs “was sacrilege.”

  • In this respect, sacrilege as it may seem, Netanyahu may actually most closely resemble Yitzhak Rabin.

  • As three streets out of four take their name from a church or an abbey, there seems every chance of further sacrilege there.

  • His gesture is so bold it has a whiff of sacrilege, not just of art-world rebellion.

  • The alternative—burning gas over fake logs—seems a sacrilege.

  • In the course of time, absolution for the sacrilege was obtained from the Pope; but my father could never obtain it from himself.

  • But the gateways have been standing for ages and it would be sacrilege to think of tearing them down to facilitate traffic.

  • Somehow the thought of opening his heart to this matter-of-fact lawyer seemed like sacrilege.

  • I felt it was a sacrilege to lift my eyes to this young weeping mother, so beautiful in her tears.

  • Soon afterwards Mathurin Lejeusne, the instigator of the sacrilege, was shot for some breach of military duty.