• adj. 亵渎的；世俗的；异教的
• vt. 亵渎；玷污

来自拉丁语profanus,世俗的，不敬神的，来自pro,在前面，fano,庙宇，神庙，词源同festival,theist.字面意思即在庙前面的，引申词义过庙不拜的人或不允许进庙的人。后用于动词词义亵渎神灵，亵渎等。

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.

但愤怒或激动的时候，他也会发狂、会骂人、令人生畏。

来自柯林斯例句

2. songs of sacred and profane love

歌唱圣洁与世俗爱情的歌曲

来自《权威词典》

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

戴利主教已经说过，教堂不应该用于非宗教或世俗的目的。

来自柯林斯例句

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

德国著作家对世俗的法国文献采取相反的作法.

来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言

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

我说, 我听见他们这样的蔑教,很难过.

来自辞典例句