Profanation
[,prɒfə'neɪʃən] or [,profə'neʃən]
解释:
(noun.) degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening.
(noun.) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; 'desecration of the Holy Sabbath'.
整理:泰勒--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God.
(v. t.) The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy.
巴拉克编辑
同义词及近义词:
n. Desecration, pollution, misuse, abuse.
编辑:陌莉
例句:
- One is the profanation of a temple of our faith--the other only the profanation of a pagan one. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- It seems like profanation to laugh and jest and bandy the frivolous chat of our day amid its hoary relics. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- We had a rubber at whist, a mere profanation, so far as play was concerned, of that noble game. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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