desecrate

Compared meaning: treating something sacred with disrespect (verb).

比较义项：亵渎神圣的事物或场所（动词）。

• violate

  Refers to breaching or intruding on something sacred, breaking its sanctity or integrity; more formal, and can describe entering or disturbing a holy place without necessarily damaging it.

  指侵犯或破坏神圣事物的神圣性、完整性；语气较正式，可以指进入或搅扰圣地，而不一定造成实际损坏。

  The soldiers violated the sacred temple grounds by marching through in their boots.

  士兵们穿着靴子穿过神庙，亵渎了这片圣地。

• desecrate 本词

  Refers to treating a sacred place or object with disrespect, typically through physical damage, defacement, or contamination; a stronger word that stresses violence or destruction toward the sacred thing.

  指以极不尊重的方式对待神圣的场所或物品，通常表现为实际的破坏、涂污或玷污；语气更强烈，强调对神圣事物施加暴力或毁坏。

  Vandals desecrated the church by smashing statues and spraying graffiti on the walls.

  破坏者砸毁雕像、在墙上喷涂涂鸦，亵渎了这座教堂。

Violate and desecrate both mean disrespecting something sacred. Violate is more formal: intruding on or breaking the sanctity of something, not always by damage. Desecrate is stronger, meaning physical damage or defacement of a sacred place. Violate's sense of breaking a law is not compared.

这两个词都表示以极不尊重的方式对待神圣的事物或场所，但语气强弱和使用场合略有不同：violate 更正式，可指侵犯、破坏神圣性或私密性的行为；desecrate 语气更重，通常指实际的毁坏或玷污。这里不比较 violate 常见的“违反（法律、规定）”义项（如超速违反限速规定）。