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- not relating or devoted to that which is sacred or biblical; secular rather than religious世俗的：
a talk that tackled topics both sacred and profane.
一次同时涉及神圣和世俗话题的讲话。
1.1
- (of a person) not initiated into religious rites or any esoteric knowledge（人）不谙宗教仪式的, 未受秘传的：
he was an agnostic, a profane man.
他是个不可知论者, 一个俗人。
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- (of a person or their behaviour) not respectful of orthodox religious practice; irreverent（人或其行为）渎神的, 亵渎的, 不敬神的：
a profane person might be tempted to violate the tomb.
不敬神的人可能会禁不住诱惑去盗挖坟墓。
2.1
- (of language) blasphemous or obscene（语言）不敬神的, 污秽的。
with obj.
- treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect亵渎; 玷污：
it was a serious matter to profane a tomb.
亵渎坟墓是件很严重的事。
派生词
profanation
nounprofanely
adverbprofaneness
nounprofaner
noun词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'heathen'）： from Old French prophane,from Latin profanus 'outside the temple，not sacred'，from pro- （from Latin pro 'before'）+fanum 'temple'.