desecrates

英 [ˈdesɪkreɪts]

美 [ˈdesɪkreɪts]

v.  亵渎(圣物或圣地)
desecrate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 亵渎，玷污(神圣或特别的事物)
  If someonedesecratessomething which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
  1. She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader...
     她不该亵渎宗教领袖的画像。
  2. The earth is to be honoured; it is not to be desecrated.
     大地应该受到敬仰，而不该被亵渎。

双语例句

• Anyone who desecrates the holy picture will be punished.
  任何亵渎圣像的人将遭惩罚。
• It outrages and desecrates the law!
  是对法律的公然强暴和亵渎！
• Anyone who desecrates it must be put to death; whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from his people.
  凡干犯这日的，必要把他治死，凡在这日作工的，必从民中剪除。
• They usually think intrinsically semantic vagueness desecrates sanctity of precise language, especially in meaning.
  通常人们认为语言中内在的语义模糊亵渎了语言，尤其是意义的精确性。