impiety
impiety
[ɪmˈpʌɪɪti]
(pl. -ies)
[ɪmˈpʌɪɪti]
(pl. -ies)
- [mass noun]lack of piety or reverence, especially for a god
（尤指对神的）不虔诚，不恭敬
he blamed the fall of the city on the impiety of the people.
他把城市的沦陷归咎于人民的不虔诚。
[count noun]one impiety will cost me my eternity in Paradise.
一次不敬神就会让我付出不能在天堂里永生的代价。
- Middle English: from Old French impiete or Latin impietas, from impius 'impious'
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