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Infidel is a harsh, old word for someone who does not share your religion. People who used it were not describing a neighbour kindly; they were drawing a line: “you are not one of us, and that is bad.” Christians once used it for Muslims, and similar heat travelled the other way too.
Infidel is a harsh, old word for someone who does not share your religion.Infidel是個嚴厲又古老的字,指跟你信仰不同宗教的人 People who used it were not describing a neighbour kindly;用這個字的人,不是在善意地描述鄰居 they were drawing a line:他們是在畫一條線 "you are not one of us, and that is bad."「你不是我們這邊的,而且這樣不好。」 Christians once used it for Muslims,基督徒曾經用它來稱呼穆斯林 and similar heat travelled the other way too.反過來,類似的火藥味也曾往另一邊燒。
In English the word still carries that insult. Do not use it for a who believes something different. You will still meet it in history books.
In English the word still carries that insult.在英文裡,這個字現在還是帶著那種侮辱的味道 Do not use it for a classmate who believes something different.不要拿它來稱呼信仰不同的同學 You will still meet it in history books.你在歷史書裡還是會看到它。
Though actually, some people today throw it around as a joke or as political spice, but it still lands as an insult. It is not a neutral word for “someone of another faith.” Those words are a person of a different religion, or the group’s own name.
Though actually, some people today throw it around as a joke or as political spice,不過,現在有些人會把它當玩笑,或當成政治話題的調味料隨口說 but it still lands as an insult.但聽起來還是像侮辱 It is not a neutral word for "someone of another faith."它不是形容「另一個信仰的人」的中性說法 Those words are a person of a different religion,中性的說法是a person of a different religion信仰不同的人 or the group's own name.或那個群體自己的名字。
組成First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity.
同家族的字
- fidelityfaithfulness; both rest on Latin fidēlis, “faithful”
- infidelitybuilt from the same “not faithful” idea, though today it usually means cheating in a couple
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
infideladj/ˈɪn.fə.dl̩/
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Rejecting a specific religion.
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Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief.
- (...) how it is that to his name who yesterday departed for the other world, we prefix so significant and infidel a word, and yet do not thus entitle him, if he but embarks for the remotest Indies of this living earth;(...)
- But not only have the priests tried to make the very term Atheism odious, as if it would destroy all of good and beautiful in nature, but some of the reformers, not having the moral courage to avow their own sentiments, wishing to be popular, fearing lest their reforms would be considered Infidel, (as all reforms assuredly are), shield themselves from the stigma, by joining in the tirade against Atheism, and associate it with everything that is vile, with the crime of slavery, the corruptions of the Church, and all the vices imaginable.
infidelnoun/ˈɪn.fə.dl̩/
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derogatoryOne who does not believe in a certain religion.
- The infidel writer is a greater enemy to society.
- Some Muslims are taught that non-Muslims are infidels and are to be shunned.
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derogatoryOne who does not believe in a certain principle.
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derogatoryOne with no religious beliefs.
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derogatoryAn openly Islamophobic individual receiving or seeking praise from other Islamophobic people.
- I am a proud infidel. I believe in Jesus Chirst, the Son of God who died on the cross for my sins.
- Stripping out the obsolete debate, The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran focuses on the decrees toward Jews and Christians, how they were viewed by Muhammad, what “the infidels” have done wrong and what the Koran has in store for them.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。