desecrated
past simple and past participle ofdesecrate
| 单词 | desecrated |
| 释义 | desecrated past simple and past participle ofdesecrate desecrate verb[T] uk/ˈdes.ɪ.kreɪt/us/ˈdes.ə.kreɪt/todamageor show norespecttowards somethingholyor very muchrespected: Themosque/shrinewas desecrated byvandals. It's acrimeto desecrate the country'sflag. Damaging and spoiling
Examplesofdesecrateddesecrated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Even nonbelievers may become enraged at news that a gravesite somewhere has beendesecrated. From theCambridge English Corpus Statues were already being pulled down, cemeteriesdesecrated, street names changed. From theCambridge English Corpus The house was ransacked and plundered, the family vault in the churchdesecrated. From theCambridge English Corpus The soldiers' texts tell us that the military rules have beendesecratedby the ' superiors'. From theCambridge English Corpus We too perceive our worldly home as ruined anddesecrated, and we too assume there is a connection between our fallen nature and nature's fall. From theCambridge English Corpus From the 1670s, however, rhetorical effusions on innocence maltreated and holinessdesecratedgave way to the plainer language of instruction in the political doctrines of divine right and nonresistance. From theCambridge English Corpus Areas of great beauty in our country-side and on our coasts have beendesecratedby monstrous monuments to modern living. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That man must be hounded out of the country that hedesecrated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That argument unfortunately prevailed and as a result the moor has beendesecratedby a worthless operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In this case, some beautiful cemeteries weredesecratedas a result of tax law and the absence of any provision such as new clause 1. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Refugees are still debarred from returning to their homes, churches and cemeteries —worse, those are beingdesecrated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are as righteously indignant as would any tribe of savages be if somebody haddesecratedthe temple of their favourite medicicine man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the following 22 months, 78 synagogues weredesecratedcompared with 22 in a similar period previously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want nuclear expansion and our countrysidedesecrated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of our most important national monuments weredesecratedand there was widespread violence, but police planning and performance kept us safe this year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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