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sa.cred5seI7krIdadjconsidered to be holy and deserving respect, esp. because of a connection with God or a god神圣的They visited the sacred places of Islam.他们访问了伊斯兰圣地。This box holds the sacred relics of a saint.这盒子里装着圣徒遗下的圣物。They have occupied our land, stolen our freedom and violated everything we held sacred.他们霸占了我们的土地,夺走了我们的自由,亵渎了一切被我们视为神圣的东西。This area is sacred to the Apaches.这一地域被阿帕切族人视作神圣。Sacred can also mean connected with religion.宗教的sacred music宗教音乐,圣乐sacred writings宗教经典Sacred is sometimes also used to mean regarded as too important to be changed.不可侵犯的,不可变更的His daily routine is absolutely sacred to him.他的日常安排对他来讲简直是一丝一毫不可更改的。(humorous) The cricketers wore blue, not their usual white--is nothing sacred?板球运动员穿着蓝色球服,不是他们常穿的白色球服----没有什么重大事情发生吧?(disapproving) A sacred cow is a belief, custom, etc. that people support and do not question or criticize.视为神圣,不可批评或质疑的信仰、习俗等They did not dare to challenge the sacred cow of parliamentary democracy.他们不敢对神圣不可侵犯的议会民主制度提出质疑。
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