impiously

IPA/ˈɪm.paɪ.əs.li/
IPA/ˈɪm.pi.əs.li/

impiously — 副詞

1. in a manner that openly insults God, holy things, or what other people treat as

1.副詞C2
釋義

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

例句

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

常見搭配
  • behave impiously
  • speak impiously
  • laugh impiously
  • act impiously
同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

The weather behaved impiously yesterday.
The boy behaved impiously toward the priest.
'impiously' describes a person's disrespect for sacred things, not objects or weather.

同根字

常見搭配

常用片語

  • behave impiously
  • speak impiously

介系詞搭配

  • impiously toward
  • impiously about