sacrilegious
sacrilegious 英 [ˌsækrə'lɪdʒəs] 美 [ˌsækrə'lɪdʒəs]
adj. 该受天谴的，亵渎神明的
- 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.
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- adj. 该受天谴的，亵渎神明的
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1. While most people think that adding ice or water to whisky is sacrilegious, it is all about taste.
然而，关于味道，大部分人认为加冰或水到威士忌里是对威士忌的一种亵渎。
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2. In a business culture that imposes the oppressive rule of mandatory replies, that kind ostentatious declaration may seem sacrilegious, rude or professionally suicidal.
在规定了强制性回复邮件的商业文化中，上面那种“嚣张”的声明看起来简直是又粗鲁，又亵渎职场，甚至是职场自绝行为。
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3. The fund seeks to prevent desecration of Pele, the native goddess of fire and volcanoes, and finds geothermal energy projects sacrilegious.
后来，该基金会还用来保护裴乐的环境、当地的火神以及岛上的火山，同时寻找当地可以利用的地热资源。
- sacrilegious (adj.) mid-15c., from Latin sacrilegiosum, from sacrilegium (see sacrilege). As a noun, "one who commits a sacrilege," early 14c. Related: Sacrilegiously; sacrilegiousness.
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