impiously
impiously — 副詞
1. in a manner that openly insults God, holy things, or what other people treat as
不敬地；瀆神
以不尊重神明或神聖事物的方式
in a manner that openly insults God, holy things, or what other people treat as sacred
Christopher impiously laughed during the prayer and refused to bow his head.
Christopher 在禱告時不敬地大笑，還拒絕低頭。
verb + impiously describing disrespectful action
The young soldiers behaved impiously, throwing stones at the old village shrine.
那些年輕士兵行為褻瀆，朝村裡古老的神龕丟石頭。
impiously modifying behaved + concrete scene
Nkechi spoke impiously about the gods, and the older women looked away in shock.
Nkechi 不敬地談論眾神，年長的婦女們震驚地別過頭去。
During the holy festival, Mert impiously kicked over the candles on the altar.
在這個神聖的節日裡，Mert 不敬地踢翻了祭壇上的蠟燭。
The painting shows angels weeping while a king rules impiously over his people.
這幅畫描繪天使哭泣，而一位國王褻瀆神明地統治著他的人民。
- irreverently
broader; any lack of respect, not only toward religion
- sacrilegiously
stronger; stresses harming or violating something holy
- blasphemously
specifically about insulting speech against God or religion
- piously
showing deep religious respect and devotion
- reverently
showing great respect, often toward the sacred
文法句型
verb + impiously
impiously + past participle
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person, and the action is typically speech or behaviour directed at religion, a deity, or something sacred. Common in formal, literary, or historical writing rather than everyday conversation.