Profane

[prə'feɪn] or [prə'fen]

解釋/意思:

(adj.) not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled .

(adj.) not concerned with or devoted to religion; 'sacred and profane music'; 'secular drama'; 'secular architecture', 'children being brought up in an entirely profane environment' .

校對:洛丽塔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place.

(a.) Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.

(a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.

(a.) Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.

(a.) To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.

(a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

錄入:威廉敏娜

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Irreverent, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked, sacrilegious, impious.[2]. Unhallowed, impure, polluted.[3]. Secular, not sacred.

v. a. Desecrate, pollute, defile, abuse.

阿蒂整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Defile, pollute, desecrate, abuse,[See CONTAMINATE_and_POLLUTE]

SYN:Unconsecrated, secular, temporal, unsanctified, unholy, irreligious,irreverent, ungodly, wicked, godless, impious, blasphemous

ANT:Holy, consecrated, sacred, spiritual, sanctified, reverent, religious, godly,pious, devout

整理:罗威娜

解釋/意思:

adj. not sacred: common: secular: speaking or acting in contempt of sacred things: uninitiated: impious: impure.—v.t. to violate anything holy: to abuse anything sacred: to put to a wrong use: to pollute: to debase.—n. Profanā′tion desecration: irreverence to what is holy: a treating of anything with disrespect.—adj. Profan′atory.—adv. Profane′ly.—ns. Profane′ness; Profān′er; Profan′ity irreverence: that which is profane: profane language or conduct.

整理:利亚