impiety

[美]/ɪmˈpaɪəti/
[英]/ɪmˈpaɪəti/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 不虔诚;不尊敬;无信仰;无信心
词形变化
复数impieties

例句

committing impiety towards the gods

对神灵犯下不敬之罪

avoid impiety in religious practices

在宗教实践中避免不敬

impiety towards one's ancestors

对祖先不敬

accused of impiety towards the state

被指控对国家不敬

impiety in the form of sacrilege

以亵渎形式的不敬

punished for impiety towards the king

因对国王不敬而受到惩罚

avoiding impiety in rituals

在仪式中避免不敬

原声例句

Our sacred lords saw the impiety of that proceeding, and very justly impaled the man who imitated heavenly powers.

相反,那些原始部落领主们看到那些不虔诚行为,干脆将那位试图模仿圣父魔力的人处以钉刑,这事看起来还挺正义。

来源: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

Asclepius was a gifted healer, too gifted perhaps, and he was killed by Zeus for the impiety of raising the dead.

阿斯克勒庇俄斯是一位有天赋的治疗师,也许天赋太高了,但他因起死回生的亵渎而被宙斯杀死。

来源: 2023-37

She knew that many coloured children use impieties familiarly, and she was not startled. She was disturbed, however, by an unfavourable hint in the speaker's tone.

她知道许多有色人种的孩子习惯使用不虔诚的东西,她并不吃惊。然而,她被说话者语气中不愉快的暗示弄得心烦意乱。

来源: Lonely Heart (Part 1)

Still thou dost punish these sins which men commit against themselves because, even when they sin against thee, they are also committing impiety against their own souls.

你仍然惩罚人们对自己犯下的这些罪,因为即使他们对你犯了罪,他们也在对自己的灵魂犯下不敬。

来源: Volume Three of the Confessions

That injustice is impiety, and indeed the supreme impiety, I will hold with my last breath; but it were the merest affectation of a noble sentiment if I supported my faith by such a reasoning.

而且是至高无上的不虔诚, 我将屏住呼吸; 但如果我用这样的推理来支持我的信仰, 那也不过是高尚情操的装模作样罢了。

来源: Essays on the Four Seasons

For a moment amazement held the Domina silent and immoveable: But no sooner did She recover herself, than She exclaimed against sacrilege and impiety, and called the People to rescue a Daughter of the Church.

有那么一刻,惊奇使多米娜保持沉默,一动不动:但她一恢复过来,就大声反对亵渎和不虔诚,并号召人民拯救教会的女儿。

来源: Monk (Part 2)

'Admirable! ' cried Cunegonda in a voice shrill with passion, while Agnes uttered a loud shriek; 'By St. Barbara, young Lady, you have an excellent invention! You must personate the Bleeding Nun, truly? What impiety! What incredulity!

“令人钦佩!” Cunegonda 激动得尖叫起来,而 Agnes 则大声尖叫起来。 '圣芭芭拉,年轻的女士,你有一个绝妙的发明!你一定要扮演流血修女,真的吗?多么不虔诚!多么难以置信!

来源: Monk (Part 1)

One can find modern echoes of this view in Schelling, where Euripides is seen as a decadent poet who committed sacrilege with the myths and the use of the deus ex machina is evidence of his impiety.

人们可以在谢林那里找到这种观点的现代回声,在那里,欧里庇得斯被视为一位堕落的诗人, 他亵渎了神话, 使用 deus ex machina 是他不虔诚的证据。

来源: Simon Critchley - Tragedy the Greeks and Us

" But let him alone for a time, " he said, " only pray God for him. He will of his own accord, by reading, come to discover what an error it is and how great its impiety is."

“但是暂时让他一个人呆着,”他说,“只要为他祈祷上帝。通过阅读,他会自己发现这是一个多么错误的行为,以及它是多么不敬虔。”

来源: Volume Three of the Confessions

In any case, Constantine did his bit to remove  the empire's impiety and unify the state through Christianity. Crucifixion, sexual  immorality, prostitution, pagan sacrifice, and gladiatorial shows were all abolished. He also  glorified Christianity through his building works.

无论如何,君士坦丁尽了自己的一份力量,通过基督教消除了帝国的不虔诚,统一了国家。钉十字架、淫乱、卖淫、异教祭祀和角斗表演都被废除了。他还通过他的建筑工程荣耀基督教。

来源: Charming history

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