profanity
- 英式英标[prə\'fænəti]
- 美式音标[prə\'fænɪtɪ]
中文词源
profanity 对神灵的亵渎
来自profane,亵渎。
英文词源
- profanity (n.)
- c. 1600, from Late Latin profanitas, from Latin profanus (see profane (adj.)). Extended sense of "foul language" is from Old Testament commandment against "profaning" the name of the Lord.
实用例句
- 1. To desecrate a holy spring is considered profanity.
- 圣泉俗用被认为是亵渎神灵的行为。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. His profanity was unimaginative.
- 他的咒骂都是没有想象力的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Then Hewlett Janders stormed over , big , robust full of action and profanity.
- 体利特·詹德尔斯冲了进来, 还是精神抖擞, 满口亵渎神明.
来自辞典例句
- 4. In the matter of profanity he was sublime.
- 他破口乱骂的本领,也是卓越非凡的.
来自辞典例句
- 5. In matter of profanity he was sublime.
- 以亵渎神圣的言行而论,他是首屈一指的.
来自辞典例句
