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单词 sacrosanct
释义
sacrosanctsac‧ro‧sanct /ˈsækrəʊsæŋkt $ -roʊ-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINsacrosanct
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin sacrosanctus, probably from sacro sanctus ‘made holy by religious ceremonies’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Marriage is no longer sacrosanct - in fact, it isn't even seen as necessary.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As far as I was concerned these were absolutely sacrosanct, especially when working in the Klondyke ports for period of up to twelve days.
  • None of these dates or examples is sacrosanct.
  • The advocates of Centralism use narrow, sacrosanct criteria in shaping how to organize.
  • The complex negotiation skills believed to be necessary for higher management functions were sacrosanct.
  • The suggestion is that the central core area should be absolutely sacrosanct with slightly less stringent restrictions as you spread outward.
  • Through the sacrosanct medium of competition, it put everyone and everything in the right place.
  • What could be more postmodern than probing the hitherto sacrosanct inner workings of science?
  • What one pilot holds as sacrosanct routine, another pilot disdains.
something that is sacrosanct is considered to be so important that no one is allowed to criticize or change it SYN  sacred:  Weekends are sacrosanct in our family.
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