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impietyn. 1. sin,wickedness罪恶,邪恶。 △Ado.4.1.105(104):“pure impiety”,纯洁的邪恶。 △3H.VI.5.1.89:“Per-haps thou wilt object my holy oath: / To keep thatoath were more impiety / Than Jephthah’s when hesacrificed his daughter.”也许你会提出我那神圣的誓言;可是如果遵守那项誓言,就比耶弗他杀他自己的女儿做牺牲那个罪恶还要更大。 2. sin,evil deed罪恶,罪行。 △H.V.4.1.186 (174):“nomore is the King guilty of their damnation than hewas before guilty of those impieties for the whichthey are now visited.”他们下了地狱,国王不负责任,正像他们由于从前的罪恶行为而现在受到报应,国王不能负责一样。 impiety[imˈpaiəti]n.不孝,不虔诚 ‖ impious adj. |