sanctity

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Temples have an air of sanctity.
寺庙有一种神圣的氛围。
He defended until death, or non-publication, the sanctity of his words.
他至死都捍卫着他文字的神圣，宁可作品不获出版。
I know this has gone all partisan in Washington, although for what reason, I cannot comprehend, as the sanctity of the nation's credit rating should be a bipartisan issue.
我知道，这个问题在华盛顿已经成为一个党派之争，尽管我不能理解是出于什么原因维护国家信用评级这一神圣的职责会成为一个党派问题。

"Marriage by universal moral codes that have been held for thousands of year by virtually every culture reserves the sanctity of a sexual relationship as between a man and a woman and that's just the fact we are architecturally built that way we're biochemically built that way, we're designed that way for pocreation."
Other cultures focused more on an ethics of divinity where notions such as purity, sanctity, pollution and sin are relevant.
还有的文化则重于神性道德,他们的道德则与纯结，神圣，亵渎，罪孽等有关。
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The priestly texts in Leviticus and Numbers emphasize the sanctity of all life and the ideal of holiness and ethical and ritual purity.
利未记》和《民数记》里强调了,所有生命的神圣性及,伦理和宗教仪式的纯粹性。
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Catholic institutions are making a principled stand for what they see as the sanctity of life.
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If you talk about the sanctity of something, you mean that it is very important and must be treated with respect.