blaspheme: [14] Blaspheme has maintained a remarkable semantic and formal stability since its origins in Greek blásphēmos, which meant ‘speaking evil or profane things’ (blas- is related to blaptikós ‘hurtful’; the -phēmos element denotes ‘speaking’, and is related to phēmí ‘I say’). The derived Greek verb blasphēmein was transmitted via ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmāre to Old French and thence to English. Blastēmāre, an altered version of blasphēmāre, produced blame. => blame
blaspheme (v.)
mid-14c., from Old French blasfemer "to blaspheme" (14c., Modern French blasphémer), from Church Latin blasphemare (also in Late Latin "revile, reproach"), from Greek blasphemein "to speak lightly or amiss of sacred things, to slander," from blasphemos "evil-speaking" (see blasphemy). A reintroduction after the original word had been worn down and sense-shifted to blame (v.). Related: Blasphemed; blaspheming.
实用例句
1. "Don't blaspheme," my mother said.
“不要亵渎神明，”我母亲说。
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2. After that I ceased to blaspheme, but I cursed my father.
从那以后,我不再诅咒上帝, 而是诅咒我的父亲.
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3. To admit defeat is to blaspheme against the Emperor.
承认失败就是亵渎帝皇.
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4. They blaspheme the muse.
他们咒骂诗人.
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5. O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
