Impiousness is the noun built on impious: the quality of lacking respect for religion or God, or behaviour that shows that quality. It is rarer and even more bookish than impiety.

Impiousness是建立在impious上的名詞 is the noun built on impious: the quality of lacking respect for religion or God指缺乏對宗教或神的敬意這種特質, or behaviour that shows that quality或表現出這種特質的行為。It它 is rarer and even more bookish than impiety比impiety更少見、也更書面。

Many careful writers still prefer impiety for the same idea; impiousness simply takes the adjective and adds -ness, so it leans toward “the state of being an impious person” rather than toward one named act.

Many careful writers很多謹慎的作者 still prefer impiety還是比較愛用impiety for the same idea表達同樣的概念; impiousness而impiousness simply takes the adjective and adds -ness只是把形容詞加上-ness, so it leans toward "the state of being an impious person"所以比較偏向「處於不敬神狀態」的意思 rather than toward one named act而不是指某一個具體的行為。

You will meet it in older moral writing more than in the street. In ordinary talk, there is almost always a plainer way: lack of respect, or they have no reverence.

You你 will meet it會在 in older moral writing more than in the street較舊的道德性寫作裡遇到它，多過在街頭巷尾。In ordinary talk在日常對話裡, there is almost always a plainer way幾乎都有更簡單的說法: lack of respect像lack of respect, or they have no reverence或they have no reverence。

The meaning is the same family as impious — not playful naughtiness, not general badness, but a missing of holy respect.

The meaning這個意思 is the same family as impious跟impious是同一家族的——not playful naughtiness不是調皮搗蛋, not general badness也不是泛泛的壞, but a missing of holy respect而是缺少對神聖事物的敬意。