| 单词 | sacrilegious |
| 释义 | sacrilegious (once / 4258 pages) adj Catholics regard using the consecrated host for any purpose besides Communion as sacrilegious. If you burn a copy of the Koran, Muslims find it sacrilegious. Sacrilegious means very disrespectful towards something sacred. The Latin sacrilegus meaning "thief of sacred things" was used to describe robbers who plundered graves and temples. You can consider something sacrilegious to be as disrespectful as a graverobber towards things that others find holy. In modern ironic usage, any opinion that runs contrary to popular wisdom can be called sacrilegious. If you call the movie, "Citizen Kane" boring and self-indulgent, movie lovers might think you sound pretty sacrilegious. WORD FAMILYsacrilegious: sacrilegiously, sacrilegiousness+/sacrilege: sacrileges, sacrilegious USAGE EXAMPLESIt's alleged that an argument erupted after some of the women felt it was sacrilegious for Muslims to share the cup with a Christian. BBC(Dec 21, 2016) Stray dogs creep beside hundreds of slim Arabic headstones that stand cracked and broken, pummeled by the militants who considered them sacrilegious. Los Angeles Times(Oct 26, 2016) And somehow, neither sacrilegious nor sentimental, it works. The Guardian(Sep 10, 2016) adj grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on Syn blasphemous, profane irreverent showing lack of due respect or veneration |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。