desecrate
desecrate 英 [ˈdesɪkreɪt] 美 [ˈdɛsɪˌkret]
vt. 亵渎；污辱；把（神物）供俗用
进行时:desecrating 过去式:desecrated 过去分词:desecrated 第三人称单数:desecrates
- To desecrate means to treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect. The news sometimes reports on vandals who have desecrated tombstones or places of worship.
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- vt. 亵渎；污辱；把（神物）供俗用
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1. yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary.
但不可进到幔子前，也不可就近坛前，因为他有残疾，免得亵渎我的圣所。
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2. She notes that some mastaba (early non-pyramid tomb) walls in Giza and Saqqara were actually inscribed with "curses" meant to terrify those who would desecrate or rob the royal resting place.
她指出，在吉萨和萨卡拉有些古埃及墓室（早期非金字塔墓）的墙壁上确实刻有“诅咒”两字，目的是为了吓走那些会亵渎或皇家劫掠陵墓的人。
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3. The seneschal didn’t disagree with that conclusion, but there was another point. “There was no need to desecrate a good man.”
总管没有不同意这些论断，但这里有另一要点，“没必要亵渎一个好人。”
- desecrate (v.) 1670s, formed from de- "do the opposite of" (see de-) + stem of consecrate. Old French had dessacrer "to profane," and there is a similar formation in Italian; but Latin desecrare meant "to make holy," with de- in this case having a completive sense. Related: Desecrated; desecrating.
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