1. sacred: figurative sense of "one who must not be criticized".
2. ex- "away, off" + secr- + -ate.
3. => devote off or away, make not sacred, do the opposite of sacred, that can be criticized.
4. => curse, abhor.
5. 这里的前缀 ex- 主要表否定、对立的含义(away, remove from, deprive of, without),你神圣不可侵犯、神圣不可冒犯,而我偏要冒犯你、侵犯你。
6. Execrate: ex(向外)secret,把我的秘密向外说, 告诉别人, 出卖我,对这种人的态度是----憎恶,咒骂。
英文词源
execrate (v.)
1560s, from Latin execratus/exsecratus, past participle of execrari/exsecrari "to curse, utter a curse, take a solemn oath with imprecations; hate, abhor," from ex- (see ex-) + sacrare "to devote to" (see sacred). Hence, "to devote off or away; to curse." Related: Execrated; execrating.
双语例句
1. I execrate people who deceive and tell lies.
我憎恶那些欺骗和说谎的人。
来自辞典例句
2. Shall execrate you with the ungodly.
咒骂你的不敬.
来自互联网
3. Those that bless you I will bless, those that curse you, I will execrate.