impiety

[美國]/ɪmˈpaɪəti/
[英國]/ɪmˈpaɪəti/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 不虔誠;不尊敬;無信仰;無信心
Word Forms
複數impieties

例句

committing impiety towards the gods

對神靈犯下不敬之罪

avoid impiety in religious practices

在宗教實踐中避免不敬

impiety towards one's ancestors

對祖先不敬

accused of impiety towards the state

被指控對國家不敬

impiety in the form of sacrilege

以褻瀆形式的不敬

punished for impiety towards the king

因對國王不敬而受到懲罰

avoiding impiety in rituals

在儀式中避免不敬

原聲例句

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

相反,那些原始部落領主們看到那些不虔誠行爲,乾脆將那位試圖模仿聖父魔力的人處以釘刑,這事看起來還挺正義。

來源: 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賦的治療師,也許天賦太高了,但他因起死回生的褻瀆而被宙斯殺死。

來源: 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.

她知道許多有色人種的孩子習慣使用不虔誠的東西,她並不喫驚。然而,她被說話者語氣中不愉快的暗示弄得心煩意亂。

來源: 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.

你仍然懲罰人們對自己犯下的這些罪,因爲即使他們對你犯了罪,他們也在對自己的靈魂犯下不敬。

來源: 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.

而且是至高無上的不虔誠, 我將屏住呼吸; 但如果我用這樣的推理來支持我的信仰, 那也不過是高尚情操的裝模作樣罷了。

來源: 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.

有那麼一刻,驚奇使多米娜保持沉默,一動不動:但她一恢復過來,就大聲反對褻瀆和不虔誠,並號召人民拯救教會的女兒。

來源: 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!

“令人欽佩!” Cunegonda 激動得尖叫起來,而 Agnes 則大聲尖叫起來。 '聖芭芭拉,年輕的女士,你有一個絕妙的發明!你一定要扮演流血修女,真的嗎?多麼不虔誠!多麼難以置信!

來源: 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.

人們可以在謝林那裏找到這種觀點的現代回聲,在那裏,歐里庇得斯被視爲一位墮落的詩人, 他褻瀆了神話, 使用 deus ex machina 是他不虔誠的證據。

來源: 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."

“但是暫時讓他一個人待著,”他說,“只要爲他祈禱上帝。通過閱讀,他會自己發現這是一個多麼錯誤的行爲,以及它是多麼不敬虔。”

來源: 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.

無論如何,君士坦丁盡了自己的一份力量,通過基督教消除了帝國的不虔誠,統一了國家。釘十字架、淫亂、賣淫、異教祭祀和角鬥表演都被廢除了。他還通過他的建築工程榮耀基督教。

來源: Charming history

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