• adj. 褻瀆的；世俗的；異教的
• vt. 褻瀆；玷污

來自拉丁語profanus,世俗的，不敬神的，來自pro,在前面，fano,廟宇，神廟，詞源同festival,theist.字面意思即在廟前面的，引申詞義過廟不拜的人或不允許進廟的人。后用于動詞詞義褻瀆神靈，褻瀆等。

profane

profane: [15] Anything that is profane is etymologically ‘outside the temple’ – hence, ‘secular’ or ‘irreligious’. The word comes via Old French prophane from Latin profānus, a compound adjective formed from the prefix prō- ‘before’ (used here in the sense ‘outside’) and fānum ‘temple’ (source of archaic English fane [14]).
=> fane

profane (v.)

late 14c., from Old French profaner, prophaner (13c.) and directly from Latin profanare "to desecrate, render unholy, violate," from profanus "unholy, not consecrated" (see profane (adj.)). Related: Profaned; profaning.

profane (adj.)

mid-15c., "un-ecclesiastical, secular," from Old French profane (12c.) and directly from Latin profanus "unholy, not consecrated," according to Barnhart from pro fano "not admitted into the temple (with the initiates)," literally "out in front of the temple," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + fano, ablative of fanum "temple" (see feast (n.)). Sense of "unholy, polluted" is recorded from c. 1500. Related: Profanely.

1. When angry or excited, however, he could be wild, profane, and terrifying.

但憤怒或激動的時候，他也會發狂、會罵人、令人生畏。

來自柯林斯例句

2. songs of sacred and profane love

歌唱圣潔與世俗愛情的歌曲

來自《權威詞典》

3. Cardinal Daly has said that churches should not be used for profane or secular purposes.

戴利主教已經說過，教堂不應該用于非宗教或世俗的目的。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The German literate reversed this process with the profane French literature.

德國著作家對世俗的法國文獻采取相反的作法.

來自英漢非文學 - 共產黨宣言

5. I was sorry , I said, to hear them so very profane.

我說, 我聽見他們這樣的蔑教,很難過.

來自辭典例句