Heretical
“Heretical” 是形容词，指某人的观点被主流宗教、政治或社会团体认为是错误的、危险的或反叛的。它最初源于宗教语境，但现在也广泛用于科学或社会思想领域。
- “Galileo was once imprisoned for his heretical view that the Earth moves around the Sun.” (伽利略曾因提出地球绕太阳运行的异端观点而被监禁。)
- “The scientist’s theories were considered heretical by the conservative academic community.” (这位科学家的理论被保守的学术界认为是异端邪说。)
- “In that totalitarian state, any criticism of the leader was treated as heretical.” (在那个专制国家，任何对领导人的批评都被视为异端行为。)
源自希腊语 “hairetikos”（能够选择的），进一步源自 “hairesis”（选择，宗派）。原本指一个人做出了与主流不同的“选择”。
- 词根: “heret-” (源自 heresy, 异端)
- 后缀: “-ical” (形容词后缀)
在中世纪，被判定为 “heretical” 可能意味着死刑。这个词现在常带有一种“挑战权威”的英雄色彩，尤其是在形容那些最终被证明是正确的科学先驱时。
- 名词形式: “heresy” (异端邪说), “heretic” (异教徒)
- 副词形式: “heretically”
联想 “Here” (这里) + “Tick” (勾选)。想象在正统选项面前，你却在别处 (here) 勾选 (tick) 了一个奇怪的选项，这就是异端。
“The young monk had a heretical idea: that knowledge should be shared with everyone, not just the elite. Although his brothers were shocked, his secret library eventually helped educate the entire village.” (年轻的僧侣有一个异端想法：知识应该与所有人分享，而不仅仅是精英。尽管他的兄弟们感到震惊，但他秘密建立的图书馆最终帮助教育了整个村庄。)