profanity

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  • n.亵圣；对神灵的亵渎；（亵圣的）诅咒语
  • Web脏话；渎神；不敬
Plural Form：profanities  

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profanity
n.
1.
[u]
亵圣；对神灵的亵渎behaviour that shows a lack of respect for God or holy things
2.
[c][usupl]
（亵圣的）诅咒语swear words, or religious words used in a way that shows a lack of respect for God or holy things
He uttered a stream of profanities.
他脏话连篇。

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1.
People who were trying to hold up the Tibetan flag or wear orange in support of the Tibetan monks were often met with profanity.
那些企图举起西藏旗帜或身穿橙色服装支持西藏喇嘛的人，通常会遭到周围人群的辱骂。
nà xiē qǐ tú jǔ qǐ xī zàng qí zhì huò shēn chuān chéng sè fú zhuāng zhī chí xī zàng lǎ ma de rén , tōng cháng huì zāo dào zhōu wéi rén qún de rǔ mà 。
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2.
The model yelped as a man wearing a T-shirt with a Spanish profanity written on the back rushed over to help.
这名模特儿发出尖叫，后方一名身穿背面写有西班牙亵渎字句T恤的男子，赶紧趋前帮忙。
zhè míng mó tè ér fā chū jiān jiào , hòu fāng yī míng shēn chuān bèi miàn xiě yǒu xī bān yá xiè dú zì jù T xù de nán zǐ , gǎn jǐn qū qián bāng máng 。
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3.
He recommended that employees should give a swift thumbs-down to any colleague caught "stepping over the profanity line" .
他建议，雇员应立刻反对任何“跨越亵渎神灵界线”的同事。
tā jiàn yì , gù yuán yīng lì kè fǎn duì rèn hé " kuà yuè xiè dú shén líng jiè xiàn " de tóng shì 。
www.ftchinese.com
4.
This cannot be explained away as a coarse Western deficiency; though his taste swung from joyous profanity to extremes of prudishness .
说这是粗鲁的西部人的缺点是解释不通的；虽然他的趣味从快快活活的亵渎神灵到一丝不苟的一本正经。
shuō zhè shì cū lǔ de xī bù rén de quē diǎn shì jiě shì bù tōng de ; suī rán tā de qù wèi cóng kuài kuài huó huó de xiè dú shén líng dào yì sī bù gǒu de yì běn zhèng jīng 。
dictsearch.appspot.com
5.
In addition , documents can be scanned for company sensitive information , profanity or other administrator- defined content policies .
此外，还可以针对企业敏感信息、亵渎或管理员定义的其他内容策略对文件进行扫描。
cǐ wài , hái kě yǐ zhēn duì qǐ yè mǐn gǎn xìn xī 、 xiè dú huò guǎn lǐ yuán dìng yì de qí tā nèi róng cè lüè duì wén jiàn jìn xíng sǎo miáo 。
www.ecd123.com
6.
Specifically speaking, moral consciousness inclines "profanity" , time consciousness inclines "destruction" .
具体而言，道德意识倾向于“亵渎”，时间意识倾向于“毁灭”。
jù tǐ ér yán , dào dé yì shí qīng xiàng yú " xiè dú " , shí jiān yì shí qīng xiàng yú " huǐ miè " 。
www.ceps.com.tw
7.
In the matter of profanity he was sublime .
他破口乱骂的本领，也是卓越非凡的。
tā pò kǒu luàn mà de běn lǐng , yě shì zhuó yuè fēi fán de 。
dict.v.wenguo.com
8.
They might be subtleties like 'action movies that don't have a lot of blood, don't have a lot of profanity but have a strong female lead. '
‘它们可能是难以捉摸的，就像在动作电影中，没有太多血腥的画面，没有什么污言秽语，而唯有一个强大的女主角。’
' tā men kě néng shì nán yǐ zhuō mō de , jiù xiàng zài dòng zuò diàn yǐng zhōng , méi yǒu tài duō xuè xīng de huà miàn , méi yǒu shén me wū yán huì yǔ , ér wéi yǒu yī gè qiáng dà de nǚ zhǔ jué 。 '
article.yeeyan.org
9.
Do you think there is ever a time when profanity can be condoned, or when it could prove even useful?
你认为是否有什麽时候粗鄙话语可以被宽恕？或甚至是有用的？
nǐ rèn wéi shì fǒu yǒu shén mó shí hou cū bǐ huà yǔ kě yǐ bèi kuān shù ? huò shèn zhì shì yǒu yòng de ?
www.vinemedia.org
10.
You can turn your pain into profanity -or into poetry. The choice is up to you.
你可以把痛苦转变成秽语，也可以把痛变成诗，选择仅仅在你。
nǐ kě yǐ bǎ tòng kǔ zhuǎn biàn chéng huì yǔ , yě kě yǐ bǎ tòng biàn chéng shī , xuǎn zé jǐn jǐn zài nǐ 。
blog.163.com
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