deconsecrate

vt.使不圣洁, 把…改作俗用

发音

UK /diːˈkɒnsəkɹeɪt/

词形变化

deconsecrated deconsecrates 三单 deconsecrates deconsecrating deconsecrating 现在分词 deconsecrated 过去式 deconsecrated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To remove the holy or sacred status of a place

    The ancient Romans deconsecrated city walls with a plow, undoing the rituals that first established their course.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

desecrate unhallow

上位词 2

turn reverse

词源

From de- + consecrate.

来源：wiktionary