2024年5月28日星期二

degrading, profane, uninitiated, initiation. karen

張華：Karen指難侍候的女性正義魔人

Karen is a term used as slang typically for a middle-class white American woman who is perceived as entitled or excessively demanding.

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The strikes were aimed at degrading the capabilities of the Iranian-backed militants that have continued to attack ships in the Red Sea.

The L.P.G.A. Tour and Donald Trump: It’s Complicated

By KAREN CROUSE

L.P.G.A. golfers paint the president as a respectful supporter of women, a picture that contrasts with his record of degrading comments, our columnist writes.

Where should Croatia and Slovenia draw the line?

To the uninitiated, Balkan politics can seem inpenetrable. And a border
dispute involving two other former Yugoslav republics is perhaps providing
more evidence of that.

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uninitiated

adj.
Not knowledgeable or skilled; inexperienced.
n.
An uninformed, unskilled, or inexperienced person or group of people. Often used with the: “What's the difference, the uninitiated may ask, between eggshell white and wedding gown white?” (Wall Street Journal).

initiate (TEACH)
verb [T]
to teach someone about an area of knowledge, or to allow someone into a group by a special ceremony:
At the age of eleven, Harry was initiated into the art of golf by his father.
Each culture had a special ritual to initiate boys into manhood.

initiate
noun [C] FORMAL
a person who has recently joined a group and has been taught its secrets

initiation
noun [C or U]
when someone is first introduced to an activity or skill:
My initiation into the mysteries of home brewing was not a success.

The adjective degrading has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: harmful to the mind or morals
Synonym: corrupting
根据他们的界定，所谓“贬低人格”（翻譯不佳 degrading）的歌词，指的就是把性视为行为而非感情，以及把性与施展权力联系起来的歌词。
Meaning #2: used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
Synonym: debasing
Tending or intended to degrade: “There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood” (W. Somerset Maugham).

profane

(prō-fān', prə-) pronunciation

adj.

Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred.
Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular: sacred and profane music.

图像记载与文字叙述一样，形式与惯例在其中起着复杂的作用。例如，提香1514年的《神圣的爱和世俗的爱》描绘两个女子，一个穿衣，另一个裸露全身。她们哪一位代表神圣的爱呢？熟悉16世纪意大利文化和绘画代码的人，一望而知那裸女象征神圣之爱，因为当时复兴了柏拉图时代的古希腊理想，将神圣的爱与美丽的裸体维纳斯相联系。

Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
Vulgar; coarse.

tr.v., -faned, -fan·ing, -fanes.

To treat with irreverence: profane the name of God.
To put to an improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse.

[Middle English prophane, from Old French, from Latin profānus, from prō fānō, in front of the temple : prō-, before, outside; see pro–¹ + fānō, ablative of fānum, temple.]

profanatory pro·fan'a·to'ry (prō-făn'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, prə-) adj.
profanely pro·fane'ly adv.
profaner pro·fan'er n.

profanation：褻瀆神靈；褻神；褻聖；瀆神。