| 单词 | sacrilegious |
| 释义 | sacrilegious[ sak-ruh-lij-uhs, -lee-juhs ] / ˌsæk rəˈlɪdʒ əs, -ˈli dʒəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sacrilegious ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivepertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices. guilty of sacrilege: a sacrilegious person. Origin of sacrilegious1400–50; late Middle English sacrilegiose;see sacrilege, -ous pronunciation note for sacrilegiousThe almost universal pronunciation of sacrilegious as [sak-ruh-lij-uhs] /ˌsæk rəˈlɪdʒ əs/ is the result of folk etymology—modifying the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word so that it conforms to a more familiar one—in this case religious. Etymologically, sacrilegious has no direct relationship to religious. The historical pronunciation [sak-ruh-lee-juhs] /ˌsæk rəˈli dʒəs/ occurs in American English, though not in British English, and criticism of the newer pronunciation has almost disappeared. OTHER WORDS FROM sacrilegiousWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sacrilegious1. irreligious, sacrilegious , unreligious2. religious, sacrilegious , sacrosanctWords nearby sacrilegioussacrifice fly, sacrifice paddock, sacrificial, sacrificial anode, sacrilege, sacrilegious, sacring, sacring bell, sacristan, sacristy, sacro- Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sacrilegiousBritish Dictionary definitions for sacrilegioussacrilegious / (ˌsækrɪˈlɪdʒəs) / adjectiveof, relating to, or involving sacrilege; impious guilty of sacrilege Derived forms of sacrilegioussacrilegiously, adverbsacrilegiousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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