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blaspheme

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blas·pheme /blæsˈfiːm/ verb [intransitive]  RRCINSULTto speak in a way that insults God or people’s religious beliefs, or to use the names of God and holy things when swearing 亵渎上帝[神明]blasphemer noun [countable]
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Origin blaspheme (1300-1400) Late Latin blasphemare, from Greek, from blasphemos speaking evil
blas·pheme verbChineseSyllable
insults to Corpus way that God speak a in


blaspheme
blaspheme /blæsˈfiːm/ verb [intransitive]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Late Latin
 Origin: blasphemare, from Greek, from blasphemos 'speaking evil'
to speak in a way that insults God or people’s religious beliefs, or to use the names of God and holy things when swearing
—blasphemer noun [countable]


blas·phemeBrE /blæsˈfiːm/ 🔊NAmE /blæsˈfiːm/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they blaspheme BrE /blæsˈfiːm/ 🔊 NAmE /blæsˈfiːm/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it blasphemes BrE /blæsˈfiːmz/ 🔊 NAmE /blæsˈfiːmz/ 🔊past simple blasphemed BrE /blæsˈfiːmd/ 🔊 NAmE /blæsˈfiːmd/ 🔊past participle blasphemed BrE /blæsˈfiːmd/ 🔊 NAmE /blæsˈfiːmd/ 🔊 -ing form blaspheming BrE /blæsˈfiːmɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /blæsˈfiːmɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sb/sth) to speak about God or the holy things of a particular religion in an offensive way; to swear using the names of God or holy things 亵渎(上帝或神明) blas·phemer BrE /blæsˈfiːmə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /blæsˈfiːmər/ 🔊 noun