desecrate

英 [ˈdesɪkreɪt]

美 [ˈdesɪkreɪt]

v.  亵渎(圣物或圣地)

过去分词：desecrated　过去式：desecrated　现在分词：desecrating　第三人称单数：desecrates　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.22690 / COCA.22456

牛津词典

verb

• 亵渎（圣物或圣地）
  to damage a holy thing or place or treat it without respect
  1. desecrated graves
     被亵渎的坟墓

柯林斯词典

• VERB 亵渎，玷污(神圣或特别的事物)
  If someonedesecratessomething which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
  1. She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader...
     她不该亵渎宗教领袖的画像。
  2. The earth is to be honoured; it is not to be desecrated.
     大地应该受到敬仰，而不该被亵渎。

英英释义

verb

• remove the consecration from a person or an object
  Synonym:unhallowdeconsecrate
• violate the sacred character of a place or language
  1. desecrate a cemetery
  2. violate the sanctity of the church
  3. profane the name of God
  Synonym:profaneoutrageviolate

双语例句

• I'm not suggesting that you desecrate your own vocabulary, but that you acknowledge that you are a foreigner, and try to turn that to your advantage.
  我不是在建议你糟蹋自己的用词，而是在建议你承认自己是个圈外人，并将此转化为自己的优势。
• She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader
  她不该亵渎宗教领袖的画像。
• You desecrate the house of god!
  你亵渎了上帝的居所！
• After seeing how inhumanely these chickens, ducks, cows, lambs and pigs are treated, anyone with an ounce of compassion would realise that these selfish actions desecrate life itself.
  稍具善念者在目睹了鸡鸭牛羊猪被如此不人道对待之后，都会省悟这种自私的行为只是在践踏生命。
• Don't you dare to desecrate his body any more!
  不许你再亵渎他的身体！
• He would, in his own idea, desecrate the word by doing so.
  他将在他自己的想法，亵渎这样的词。
• If you really want to desecrate the graves of those boys.
  如果你们真要亵渎这些小伙子的坟墓。
• I won` t be the one who betrays my dead king and lets you desecrate his tomb.
  我不会像他们一样背叛死去的国王，任凭你亵渎他的坟墓的。
• Nor leave the sanctuary of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God.
  不可出圣所，也不可亵渎神的圣所，因为神膏油的冠冕在他头上。
• It's a crime to desecrate the country's flag.
  亵渎国旗是一种罪恶。