Desecrate

['desɪkreɪt] or ['dɛsɪ'kret]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) remove the consecration from a person or an object.

(verb.) violate the sacred character of a place or language; 'desecrate a cemetery'; 'violate the sanctity of the church'; 'profane the name of God'.

巴尔托迪編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.

校對:马尔科姆

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Profane, abuse, pollute, prostitute, misuse, pervert, treat sacrilegiously.

阿斯特編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Profane, secularize, misuse, abuse, prostitute, pollute

ANT:Use, employ, devote, dedicate, consecrate, solemnize, sanctify, purify,reconcile

戴夫校對

解釋/意思:

v.t. to divert from a sacred purpose: to profane.—ns. Desecrat′er -or Desecrā′tion act of desecrating: profanation.

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