desecrate

英 [ˈdesɪkreɪt]

美 [ˈdesɪkreɪt]

v.  亵渎(圣物或圣地)

过去分词：desecrated　过去式：desecrated　现在分词：desecrating　第三人称单数：desecrates　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.22690 / COCA.22456

牛津词典

verb

• 亵渎（圣物或圣地）
  to damage a holy thing or place or treat it without respect
  1. desecrated graves
     被亵渎的坟墓

柯林斯词典

• VERB 亵渎，玷污(神圣或特别的事物)
  If someonedesecratessomething which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
  1. She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader...
     她不该亵渎宗教领袖的画像。
  2. The earth is to be honoured; it is not to be desecrated.
     大地应该受到敬仰，而不该被亵渎。

英英释义

verb

• remove the consecration from a person or an object
  Synonym:unhallowdeconsecrate
• violate the sacred character of a place or language
  1. desecrate a cemetery
  2. violate the sanctity of the church
  3. profane the name of God
  Synonym:profaneoutrageviolate

双语例句

• If you really want to desecrate the graves of those boys.
  如果你们真要亵渎这些小伙子的坟墓。
• After seeing how inhumanely these chickens, ducks, cows, lambs and pigs are treated, anyone with an ounce of compassion would realise that these selfish actions desecrate life itself.
  稍具善念者在目睹了鸡鸭牛羊猪被如此不人道对待之后，都会省悟这种自私的行为只是在践踏生命。
• I will turn my face away from them, and they will desecrate my treasured place; robbers will enter it and desecrate it.
  22我必转脸不顾以色列人，他们亵渎我隐密之所，强盗也必进去亵渎。
• I'm not suggesting that you desecrate your own vocabulary, but that you acknowledge that you are a foreigner, and try to turn that to your advantage.
  我不是在建议你糟蹋自己的用词，而是在建议你承认自己是个圈外人，并将此转化为自己的优势。
• Yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary.
  但不可进到幔子前，也不可就近坛前，因为他有残疾，免得亵渎我的圣所。
• Nor leave the sanctuary of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God.
  不可出圣所，也不可亵渎神的圣所，因为神膏油的冠冕在他头上。
• The Ancient and Mighty Ones shall cause the balance to be made for those who desecrate the Lord and Lady, Their temples, or Their creations.
  古老强大的众神会去平衡那些亵渎父母神，祂们的神殿，或祂们的创造物的行为。
• You desecrate the house of god!
  你亵渎了上帝的居所！
• To desecrate a holy spring is considered profanity.
  圣泉俗用被认为是亵渎神灵的行为。
• Functionary crime is a crime committed by any state functionary to abuse power or desecrate power, the essence of which is the dissimilation of power.
  职务犯罪是国家公职人员滥用权力或者亵渎权力的犯罪行为，其本质是权力的异化。