Word · Frequency #25896
fornications
通奸；私通
fornications is the plural of fornication.
核心释义
fornication
- 1.
未婚者之间的性交,或以其他方式被视为非法的性行为。
Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.
未婚者之间的性交,或以其他方式被视为非法的性行为。；通奸；乱伦；[医] 非法性交
用法In use
In many old legal codes, fornication was punished as a crime.
用法提示：fornication 在此指未婚者之间的性行为，作不可数名词，在句中作主语。
The preacher warned the congregation that fornication was a sin.
用法提示：fornication 在 that 宾语从句中作主语，用于宗教语境。
Historians note that accusations of fornication were sometimes used to control women.
用法提示：fornication 作介词 of 的宾语，泛指该行为，句子侧重社会历史层面。
commit + fornication
fornication 指未婚者之间自愿的性行为；与 adultery（通奸，至少一方已婚）和 incest（乱伦）不同。
The church teaches that to commit fornication is a sin.
教会教导说，犯私通是一种罪。
be guilty of + fornication
该结构表示“犯有……罪”，常用于法律或宗教语境，比 commit 更正式。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- commit fornication
- 犯私通罪；进行私通
- In the novel, the character is accused of committing fornication with his servant.在这部小说中，这个角色被指控与仆人私通。
- the sin of fornication
- 私通之罪
- The preacher warned that the sin of fornication would not go unpunished.牧师警告说，私通之罪不会不受惩罚。
- fornication with
- 与…私通
- He was thrown out of the village after his fornication with a married woman was discovered.他与一名已婚妇女私通之事被发现后，被赶出了村子。
- premarital fornication
- 婚前私通
- The old-fashioned novel treats premarital fornication as a scandal.这部老式小说把婚前私通视为丑闻。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
用谐音‘佛你开审’记忆：佛审判你私通之罪，fornication 即‘私通’。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律条文、宗教训导、正式书面语 本词指未婚者之间自愿发生的性关系，属较正式或书面用语；日常口语中较少使用，多出现在法律、宗教或正式文章中。注意与“通奸”（涉及已婚者）含义有区别，中文里有时也译为“私通”。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以重读的 /keɪʃən/ 结尾，与 fornication 押韵；注意 fornicate /ˈfɔːnɪkeɪt/ 拼写相近但读音不同，结尾是 /keɪt/ 而非 /ʃən/。
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