cardinal sin

英 [ˌkɑːdɪnl ˈsɪn]

美 [ˌkɑːrdɪnl ˈsɪn]

n.  严重过失; 过错; (基督教中严重的)罪，罪孽

牛津词典

noun

• 严重过失；过错
  an action that is a serious mistake or that other people disapprove of
  1. He committed the cardinal sin of criticizing his teammates.
     他犯了指责队友的大错。
• （基督教中严重的）罪，罪孽
  a serious sin in the Christian Church

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 重罪;最不可饶恕的事;严重过失
  If you describe an action as acardinal sin, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it.
  1. I committed the physician's cardinal sin: I got involved with my patients.
     我犯了从医的大忌:跟病人有了感情纠葛。

双语例句

• Not only had she sacrificed her virtue, she had committed the cardinal sin of enjoying it.
  她不仅奉献了她的贞操，而且她也违反了享乐的基本戒律。
• On the other hand, the Four Cardinal Virtues and Three Theological Virtues were supposed to keep one from sin.
  另一方面，四项基本原则美德和神学美德三是要保持一个罪恶。
• This isn't nitpicking, since that proximity figures importantly in the plot, but it isn't a cardinal sin against science either; no one would mistake this movie for a planetarium lecture.
  这并不是一个小毛病，因为故事情节的展开非常倚重于这种近距离的场景设计。不过它也没有对科学犯下重罪，毕竟没有谁会把这种片子当作一场天文讲座。
• I committed the physician's cardinal sin: I got involved with my patients.
  我犯了从医的大忌：跟病人有了感情纠葛。
• That's cardinal sin number one.
  这是罪加一等。
• He committed the cardinal sin of forgetting their anniversary.
  他竟忘记了他们的周年纪念日，是犯了个大错。
• The English were in no mood to spare the feelings of an upstart people who had committed the cardinal sin of ingratitude.
  英国人决不愿饶恕那些不知情道谢的自命不凡的家伙们的感受。