- 1褻瀆(神明、信仰);拿神的名字來罵
To blaspheme is to speak against God, or against what a religion holds holy — to insult it, laugh at it, or treat the names of God and holy things as if they were just rude noise when you swear. It is a strong, serious verb. In some places it is even a legal word: a person can be accused of this.
To blaspheme褻瀆這件事 is就是 to speak against God說話冒犯神 or against what a religion holds holy或冒犯宗教所視為神聖的東西 to insult it侮辱它 laugh at it嘲笑它 or treat the names of God and holy things或把神的名字和神聖的事物 as if they were just rude noise when you swear當成你罵髒話時隨口罵出的粗話 It這個字 is是 a strong, serious verb很重、很嚴肅的動詞 In some places在有些地方 it is even它甚至是 a legal word一個法律用詞 a person can be accused of this有人可能會因此被控告
In everyday English people also stretch it a little, for any disrespectful talk about a faith.
In everyday English在日常英文裡 people also stretch it a little大家也會把這個字稍微延伸一點 for any shockingly disrespectful talk about a faith用來說任何對信仰極不尊重、令人震驚的言論
Religious people feel it as a wound; other people may use it only when they want to mark that a line has been crossed. Though actually, what counts as blaspheming depends on who is listening — a joke that one group finds harmless can be a deep insult to another.
Religious people有信仰的人 feel it as a wound會覺得這是一種傷害 other people其他人 may use it only when they want to mark that a line has been crossed可能只在想標記已經越線了的時候才會用這個字 Though actually不過其實 what counts as blaspheming什麼算是褻瀆 depends on who is listening要看是誰在聽 a joke that one group finds harmless一個某個群體覺得無傷大雅的玩笑 can be a deep insult to another對另一個群體可能是很深的冒犯
core核心畫面
組成From Middle English blasfemen / blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō), “to speak ill.”
同家族的字
- blamea doublet: the same Greek root came into English by another path, and narrowed toward “say someone did wrong”
- blasphemythe noun for the act or the words
- blasphemousthe adjective
- blasphemerthe person who does it
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
blasphemeverb詞源 1/ˌblæsˈfiːm/
- 1
To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
- But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
- Thus from the holy Warres are we return'd, / To ſlumber in the Summer of ſoft peace, / Since thoſe proud enemies that late blaſpheamd / And ſpit their furies in the face of Heaven, / Are now laid low in duſt.
- 2
To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
- So Dagon ſhall be magnifi'd, and God, / Beſides whom is no God, compar'd with Idols, / Diſglorifi'd, blaſphem'd, and had in ſcorn […]
- How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name?
- 3
To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
- You do blaspheme the good in mocking me.
- Those who from our labours heap their board, / Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。