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sacrilegious

🇬🇧 UK/.sækri'lidʒәs/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Showing great disrespect toward something considered sacred

亵渎神圣的;冒渎的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
sacrisacred, holy, consecrate, curse
+
legchoose, read, gather
+
ioussuffix
=sacrilegious

Common Collocations

  • 1.sacrilegious act亵渎神圣的行为
  • 2.deemed sacrilegious被认为是渎圣的
  • 3.[sacrilegious behavior]冒犯神灵的举止
  • 4.considered sacrilegious被视为不敬的

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Some worshippers found the artist's depiction of the saint deeply sacrilegious.

  • 2.

    It felt sacrilegious to eat lunch inside the centuries-old cathedral.

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