blasphemy

英语

词源

继承自中古英语 blasfemye，来自古法语 blasfemie，来自教会拉丁语 blasphēmia，来自古希腊语 βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “亵渎”)，来自βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “诽谤”)。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈblæs.fə.mi/
• 韵部：-æsfəmi

• 音频 (加拿大)：

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名词

blasphemy (可数 和 不可数，复数 blasphemies)

1. 亵渎

   That imam said that drawing the prophet Muhammad is a form of blasphemy.

   那名伊玛目称，描绘穆罕穆德的样子是一种亵渎。

   • 1920, John Rougier Cohu, The Bible and Modern Thought，第 325 页:

     Had God cancelled His everlasting Covenant with Israel? The mere thought was blasphemy! But what did God's silence and the present dark cloud mean?

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   • 1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, 角色 Matthias（John Young）:

     Look, I don't think it ought to be blasphemy, just saying "Jehovah".

     你看，他只是说了“耶和华”而已，我不觉得他是要亵渎。

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC，PC，幕：Presrop:

     Shepard: What happened to those other Alliance officers? The ones who came before me?
     Major Kyle: They wanted to take me away from here! They wanted me to abandon this place. Turn my back on my family. They spoke blasphemy!
     Major Kyle: I did what I could to make their end quick and painless. I had no other choice. It was necessary to protect my children. Only I can keep them safe.

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   • 2009, Francis, Business Ethics, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN，第 139 页:

     The fundamentalists in that religion hold that such views are blasphemy and that religion is above criticism.

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2. (延伸) 对不可侵犯事物的不敬行为
   • 1999, American Lutherie: The Quarterly Journal of the Guild of American Luthiers:

     Some historical information is given on the Panormo family of guitar makers and a whole chapter is called, "Maccaferri's 'Monstrosity'," the name given Julian's Maccaferri guitar due to the blasphemy of its having more than six strings, […]

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   • 2004, Touring Club of Italy, The Italian Wine Guide: The Definitive Guide to Touring, Sourcing and Tasting, Touring Editore, →ISBN，第 149 页:

     The market has responded well to this type of packaging [wine in cardboard containers], even if some consider it near blasphemy, and it has had a role in bringing wine to the younger generation and to social classes intimidated by the high price of many bottled products.

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   • 2015, Benjamin V. Root, Interactive Applications Using Matplotlib, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN，第 89 页:

     I know this is utter blasphemy and completely incomprehensible to developers and power users who love their keyboard shortcuts, but some people just love having buttons on their screens with the exact name of their function written on them.

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同义词

• (亵渎)： cursing, cussing, execration, imprecation, profanity, swearing
• (不敬行为)： profanation, desecration, sacrilege, violation

异序词

• reverence, veneration, worship, adoration

衍生词

• blasphemous
• blasphemously
• blasphemousness

相关词

• blaspheme

中古英语

名词

blasphemy

1. blasfemye的另一种写法