profane

英 [pr?'fe?n] 美[pr?'fen]

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第三人稱單數:?profanes;過去式:?profaned;過去分詞:?profaned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?profaning;

1、pro- "before" + fan- + -e.
2、字面意思就是：out in front of the temple.
3、也就是：not admitted into the temple (with the initiates).
4、諧音“潑了糞”。

profane 世俗的，異教的，褻瀆神靈的，褻瀆，褻瀆神靈

來自拉丁語profanus,世俗的，不敬神的，來自pro,在前面，fano,廟宇，神廟，詞源同festival,theist.字面意思即在廟前面的，引申詞義過廟不拜的人或不允許進廟的人。后用于動詞詞義褻瀆神靈，褻瀆等。

profane: profane: [15] Anything that is profane is etymologically ‘outside the temple’ – hence, ‘secular’ or ‘irreligious’. The word comes via Old French prophane from Latin profānus, a compound adjective formed from the prefix prō- ‘before’ (used here in the sense ‘outside’) and fānum ‘temple’ (source of archaic English fane [14]).
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profane (v.): late 14c., from Old French profaner, prophaner (13c.) and directly from Latin profanare "to desecrate, render unholy, violate," from profanus "unholy, not consecrated" (see profane (adj.)). Related: Profaned; profaning.
profane (adj.): mid-15c., "un-ecclesiastical, secular," from Old French profane (12c.) and directly from Latin profanus "unholy, not consecrated," according to Barnhart from pro fano "not admitted into the temple (with the initiates)," literally "out in front of the temple," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + fano, ablative of fanum "temple" (see feast (n.)). Sense of "unholy, polluted" is recorded from c. 1500. Related: Profanely.

1. When angry or excited, however, he could be wild, profane, and terrifying.: 但憤怒或激動的時候，他也會發(fā)狂、會罵人、令人生畏。

3. Cardinal Daly has said that churches should not be used for profane or secular purposes.: 戴利主教已經說過，教堂不應該用于非宗教或世俗的目的。

4. The German literate reversed this process with the profane French literature.: 德國著作家對世俗的法國文獻采取相反的作法.