lèse-majesté

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /liz ˈmædʒəsti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.
    — Convictions for the crime of Lèse-Majesté are of almost daily occurrence and, at the opening of the war, an amnesty was granted in many of these cases, the ministry of war withdrawing many prosecutions against poor devils waiting their trial in jail because they had dared to speak disrespectfully of the army.

词形变化

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词源

Unadapted borrowing from French lèse-majesté, from Latin laesa maiestās (“injured majesty”).
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