| 词汇 | desecrated |
| 释义 | desecrated past simple and past participle ofdesecrate desecrate verb[ T ] uk /ˈdes.ɪ.kreɪt/ us /ˈdes.ə.kreɪt/ to damage or show no respect towards something holy or very much respected: 亵渎，玷污 The mosque/shrine was desecrated by vandals.清真寺／神殿遭到破坏分子的亵渎。 It's a crime to desecrate the country's flag.亵渎国旗是一种犯罪行为。 Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher degrade drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul put something out of jointidiom queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage seismic wreck Related worddesecration Examples of desecrateddesecrated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Even nonbelievers may become enraged at news that a gravesite somewhere has been desecrated. Statues were already being pulled down, cemeteries desecrated, street names changed. The house was ransacked and plundered, the family vault in the church desecrated. The soldiers' texts tell us that the military rules have been desecrated by the ' superiors'. We too perceive our worldly home as ruined and desecrated, and we too assume there is a connection between our fallen nature and nature's fall. From the 1670s, however, rhetorical effusions on innocence maltreated and holiness desecrated gave way to the plainer language of instruction in the political doctrines of divine right and nonresistance. Areas of great beauty in our country-side and on our coasts have been desecrated by monstrous monuments to modern living. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That man must be hounded out of the country that he desecrated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That argument unfortunately prevailed and as a result the moor has been desecrated by a worthless operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this case, some beautiful cemeteries were desecrated as a result of tax law and the absence of any provision such as new clause 1. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Refugees are still debarred from returning to their homes, churches and cemeteries —worse, those are being desecrated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are as righteously indignant as would any tribe of savages be if somebody had desecrated the temple of their favourite medicicine man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the following 22 months, 78 synagogues were desecrated compared with 22 in a similar period previously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want nuclear expansion and our countryside desecrated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of our most important national monuments were desecrated and there was widespread violence, but police planning and performance kept us safe this year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
| 随便看 |
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。