desecrate

英 ['desɪkreɪt] 美 ['desɪkreɪt]

• v. 亵渎；玷污

英英释义

Verb:

1. violate the sacred character of a place or language;

   "desecrate a cemetery"
   "violate the sanctity of the church"
   "profane the name of God"
   

2. remove the consecration from a person or an object

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The enemy desecrate the church by using it as a stable.
   敌人亵渎这所教堂, 把它当做马厩。
2. I won`t be the one who betrays my dead king and lets you desecrate his tomb.
   我不会像他们一样背叛死去的国王，任凭你亵渎他的坟墓的。
3. It's a crime to desecrate the country's flag.
   玷污国旗是犯罪。

经典引文

• The..vessels of the Temple..were desecrated by being employed in idol-worship.

  出自： E. B. Pusey

• He couldn't imagine any person with an artistic sense permitting such gross vulgarity to desecrate the hall of their house.

  出自： P. Kavanagh

近反义词

【近义词】

• outrage 暴行
• violate 侵犯
• defile 弄脏
• vandalize 肆意破坏
• insult 侮辱
• damage 损害
• blaspheme 诽谤
• pervert 误用
• deconsecrate 使不圣洁
• unhallow <古>亵渎
• profane 亵渎的

【反义词】

• consecrate 供神用