Profane

(adj.) not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled .

(adj.) not concerned with or devoted to religion; 'sacred and profane music'; 'secular drama'; 'secular architecture', 'children being brought up in an entirely profane environment' .

校对:洛丽塔

• In her estimation, to be mirthful was to be profane, to be cheerful was to be frivolous. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It's not a time to be profane, Newland. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• HE too uttered a profane expression, and withdrew in a violent hurry, and left me mistress of the field. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She was so profane, slave-like, watching him, absorbed by him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He was certainly the most profane man we ever had around the laboratory. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• What profane mummery is this? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• From the spot I am speaking of, a cannon-ball would carry beyond the confines of Holy Land and light upon profane ground three miles away. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• As the evening closed in, he begged that the lovely dying light might not be profaned, just yet, by the appearance of the lamps. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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