impiety

n.
1. sin,wickedness罪恶，邪恶。
△Ado.4.1.105(104):“pure impiety”，纯洁的邪恶。
△3H.VI.5.1.89:“Per-haps thou wilt object my holy oath: / To keep thatoath were more impiety / Than Jephthah’s when hesacrificed his daughter.”也许你会提出我那神圣的誓言；可是如果遵守那项誓言，就比耶弗他杀他自己的女儿做牺牲那个罪恶还要更大。
2. sin,evil deed罪恶，罪行。
△H.V.4.1.186 (174):“nomore is the King guilty of their damnation than hewas before guilty of those impieties for the whichthey are now visited.”他们下了地狱，国王不负责任，正像他们由于从前的罪恶行为而现在受到报应，国王不能负责一样。

impiety[imˈpaiəti]

n.不孝，不虔诚
‖ impious adj.