• n. 异端；异端邪说；异教

来自拉丁语haeresis,思想流派，哲学流派，来自希腊语hairein,选择。后用于指与正统思想和宗教相左的思想流派，引申词义异端邪说。

heresy

heresy: [13] Etymologically, a heresy is a ‘choice’ one makes. The word comes ultimately from Greek haíresis ‘choice’, a derivative of hairein ‘take, choose’. This was applied metaphorically to a ‘course of action or thought which one chooses to take’, hence to a particular ‘school of thought’, and ultimately to a ‘faction’ or ‘sect’. The word passed into Latin as haeresis, which early Christian writers used for ‘unorthodox sect or doctrine’, and thence via Vulgar Latin *heresia and Old French heresie into English. (Another derivative of hairein, incidentally, was diairein ‘divide’, from which English gets diaeresis [17].)
=> diaeresis

heresy (n.)

"an opinion of private men different from that of the catholick and orthodox church" [Johnson], c. 1200, from Old French heresie (12c.), from Latin h?resis, "school of thought, philosophical sect," used by Christian writers for "unorthodox sect or doctrine," from Greek hairesis "a taking or choosing, a choice," from haireisthai "take, seize," middle voice of hairein "to choose," of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE *ser- (5) "to seize" (cognates: Hittite ?aru "booty," Welsh herw "booty").

The Greek word was used in the New Testament in reference to the Sadducees, Pharisees, and even the Christians, as sects of Judaism, but in English bibles it usually is translated sect. Meaning "religious belief opposed to the orthodox doctrines of the Church" evolved in Late Latin. Transferred (non-religious) use from late 14c.

1. Mellors was preaching heresy and had to be immediately defrocked.

梅勒斯宣扬异端邪说，不得不立即免去其圣职。

来自柯林斯例句

2. What Bracey is saying is tantamount to heresy.

布雷西的言论简直就是异端邪说。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He was burned at the stake for heresy.

他因为信奉异端思想而以火刑处死。

来自《权威词典》

4. Her belief that taxes should be higher was heresy.

她认为应该增加税收,这是异端邪说.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. We should denounce a heresy.

我们应该公开指责异端邪说.

来自《简明英汉词典》