| 词汇 | sacrilege |
| 释义 | sacrilege noun[ S or U ] uk /ˈsæk.rɪ.lɪdʒ/ us /ˈsæk.rə.lɪdʒ/ (an act of) treating something holy or important without respect: 亵渎神圣，渎圣（行为） [ + to infinitive ]Muslims consider it sacrilege to wear shoes inside a mosque.穆斯林认为穿着鞋子进入清真寺是渎圣行为。 It would be a sacrilege to put a neon sign on that beautiful old building.在那座美丽的古老建筑物上安装霓虹灯简直是一种亵渎行为。 Compare blasphemy Religious concepts: profanity earthly impiety sacrilegious secular secularly this-worldly unscriptural unworldly worldly Related wordssacrilegious sacrilegiously sacrilege | American Dictionarysacrilege noun[ C/U ] us/ˈsæk·rə·lɪdʒ/ the failure to treat something holy with the respect it should have, or an example of this: [ U ]Many thought it was sacrilege to move the bones to another place. sacrilegiousadjectiveus/ˌsæk·rəˈlɪdʒ·əs/ He considered the artwork to be sacrilegious. Examples of sacrilegesacrilege The maximum penalty for sacrilege or for setting fire to a place of worship is imprisonment for life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To touch it or to amend it is akin to an act of sacrilege. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact that uninvited people had been in and interfered with the trivial things so dear to us was to her a matter of sacrilege. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe there is an instructive parallel from the loss of taboos as regards sacrilege. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They say that it is sacrilege to add anything to whisky as soon as the bottle has been opened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To them, the phrase "industrial policy" means some sort of sacrilege and an approach to the dreaded consensus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot contemplate that—it is sacrilege and blasphemy to them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On that ground who would say that what is here proposed is sacrilege in any true and proper sense of the term? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I remember protesting against it at the time—not, however, on the grounds of sacrilege. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Were its members sent home before the sacrilege took place in the chapel? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not depend upon this kind of sacrilege to produce the pilots of the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot repeat it; it would be sacrilege to spoil it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Traditionalists may snort that it would be sacrilege to tamper with the status quo, and some have already this evening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I recognise that for some people such a proposition amounts to little more than sacrilege. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea of somebody getting a crane and hoiking them out of the water, and leaving them on the canalside or towing them away, is sacrilege. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sacrilege These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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