heresy
['her.ə.si] noun
countable or uncountable
■(the act of having) an opinion or belief that is the opposite of or against what is the official or popular opinion, or an action which shows that you have no respect for the official opinion （信奉）异端邪说；（持有）反面观点，悖论•Radical remarks like this amount to heresy for most members of the Republican party.像这样的激进言论对于大多数共和党人来说相当于异端邪说。 •She committed the heresy of playing a Madonna song on a classical music station.她在一个古典音乐节目中打破常规，播放了一首玛丹娜的歌。 uncountable
■a belief which is against the principles of a particular religion 信奉异教•He was burned at the stake in the fifteenth century for heresy.15世纪，他因信仰异教而被烧死在火刑柱上。 |