资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Desecrate \Des"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desecrated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Desecrating}.] [L. desecratus, p. p. of
desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken
in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- +
sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. See {Sacred}.]
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a
sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to
put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment
without being previously desecrated. --W. Tooke.
The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those
who should desecrate their donations. --Salmon.
资料来源 : WordNet®
desecrated
adj : treated with contempt; "many desecrated shrines and
cemeteries" [ant: {consecrated}]