c. 1300, "crime of stealing what is consecrated to God," from Old French sacrilege (12c.), from Latin sacrilegium "temple robbery, a stealing of sacred things," from sacrilegus "stealer of sacred things," noun use of adjective, from phrase sacrum legere "to steal sacred things," from sacrum "sacred object" (from neuter singular of sacer "sacred;" see sacred) + legere "take, pick up" (see lecture (n.)). Second element is not from religion. Transferred sense of "profanation of anything held sacred" is attested from late 14c.
雙語例句
1. It is a sacrilege to offend democracy.
違反民主是冒天下之大不韙。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It would be sacrilege to alter the composer's original markings.
改動作曲家原有的符號是褻瀆行為。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Stealing from a place of worship was regarded as sacrilege.
從禮拜場所偷東西是對神靈的褻瀆。
來自辭典例句
4. By doing so, she would risk committing a sacrilege.
這樣一來她就會冒褻瀆神明的危險(xiǎn).
來自辭典例句
5. It is ( a ) sacrilege to steal a crucifix from an altar.