| 单词 | profanation |
| 释义 | prof·a·na·tion 1. 2. < music may be contemplated … happily free from all danger of profanation — C.C.Riker > Synonyms: < these sages attribute the calamity to a profanation of the sacred grove — J.G.Frazer > : desecration may apply to any action whereby sacred character is impaired or lost; often it indicates loss of that character through defilement, often malicious or malign and culpable < desecration of the cathedrals by the invading barbarians > < the last priest, feeling there was no work to be done in such a dreary outpost, burned the chapel in 1706 to prevent its desecration — American Guide Series: Michigan > sacrilege may refer technically to reception or administration of a religious sacrament by one unworthy; it refers commonly to any outrageous profanation < the execution was not followed by any sacrilege to the church or defiling of holy vessels — Willa Cather > < above all things they dread any contact with the spirits of the dead. Only a sorcerer would dare to commit such a sacrilege, an offense punishable with death — J.G.Frazer > blasphemy may refer to any strong irreverence, often one involving or suggesting reviling, defying, mocking, or otherwise treating with indignity something sacred < he cooperated with me in sending the pious elders to unspeakable corners of hell; we arranged a wordless language of blasphemy and signaled to each other across the laps of the godly — G.W.Brace > |
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