mortal sin

英 [ˌmɔːtl ˈsɪn]

美 [ˌmɔːrtl ˈsɪn]

n.  死罪; 大罪

牛津词典

noun

• 死罪；大罪
  a very serious sin for which you can be sent to hell unless you confess and are forgiven

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 不可饶恕的重罪(天主教会中指十分严重的罪恶，犯此罪恶者死后会受到惩罚，除非被教会宽恕)
  In the Roman Catholic Church, amortal sinis an extremely serious sin and the person who has committed it will be punished after death unless they are forgiven by the Church.
  1. Adultery is a mortal sin.
     通奸是不可饶恕的罪孽。

英英释义

noun

• an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
  1. theologians list seven mortal sins
  Synonym:deadly sin

双语例句

• Not for any mortal sin, but the wickedness of my abhorrent face!
  不是因为弥天大罪，而是因了这令人憎恶的脸代表的邪恶！
• But I was told that taking on overdrafts and even mortgages was akin to committing a mortal sin.
  但有人告诉我，透支乃至抵押贷款都无异于犯下不可饶恕的大罪。
• Adultery is a mortal sin.
  通奸是不可饶恕的罪孽。
• Repentance alone did not cancel out such mortal sin.
  单靠忏悔是不能勾销这种不可饶恕的大罪的。
• Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter* which is committed with full knowledge* and deliberate consent.
  人类的大罪就是当你明知不对，还却刻意犯下的严重罪行。
• Once she would have thought this omission a mortal sin but, somehow, staying away from church did not seem so sinful now as it formerly had.
  要是在以前，她会把这种疏忽看成莫大的罪过，可是现在，不进教堂就好像并不那么有罪了。
• Never once in our relationship, I was proud to think, had I ever even been tempted to commit a single mortal friendship sin: being competitive, gossiping, or backstabbing.
  我曾骄傲地认为，对我们的友谊，我都一直没有被”凡夫俗子“友谊中的任何罪恶所诱惑：好胜、散布谣言或背地里说坏话。
• Where in Nature do you find the notion of mortal sin?
  你在本质哪里找到不可饶恕的大罪？
• Maybe I can understand all that, but what a mortal sin it is to cheer for all the innocent souls we lost on that fateful day.
  或许我能够明白那一切，但这是多该死的罪行，为我们在那悲惨的一天失去无辜生灵而喝采。