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I go out in the early morning and there is such silence that even breath is a profanation.
清早,我便来到屋外。雪后的世界是如此安谧,甚至是轻微的呼吸都能打破这份宁静。
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There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship.
有一种快乐来自于对我们应该膜拜的对象的冒犯和亵渎。
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Their observance protects the holy object from profanation, from being profaned, reverting from holy status back to common status.
它们按照惯例保护着神圣的东西不受亵渎,不受玷污,不让它们重新回归世俗。
 
词根 profane
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profane adj. 亵渎的;世俗的;异教的 vt. 亵渎;玷污
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profanatory adj. 亵渎的;玷污神圣的
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profanely adv. 污秽地;凡俗地;渎神地
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profaneness n. 渎神;污秽