cardinal sin

noun

1. 严重过失；过错
   an action that is a serious mistake or that other people disapprove of
   1. He committed the cardinal sin of criticizing his teammates.
      他犯了指责队友的大错。
2. （基督教中严重的）罪，罪孽
   a serious sin in the Christian Church

1. N-COUNT 重罪;最不可饶恕的事;严重过失
   If you describe an action as a cardinal sin, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it.
   1. I committed the physician's cardinal sin: I got involved with my patients.
      我犯了从医的大忌:跟病人有了感情纠葛。

1. I committed the physician's cardinal sin: I got involved with my patients.
   我犯了从医的大忌：跟病人有了感情纠葛。
2. This isn't nitpicking, since that proximity figures importantly in the plot, but it isn't a cardinal sin against science either; no one would mistake this movie for a planetarium lecture.
   这并不是一个小毛病，因为故事情节的展开非常倚重于这种近距离的场景设计。不过它也没有对科学犯下重罪，毕竟没有谁会把这种片子当作一场天文讲座。
3. That's cardinal sin number one.
   这是罪加一等。
4. Not only had she sacrificed her virtue, she had committed the cardinal sin of enjoying it.
   她不仅奉献了她的贞操，而且她也违反了享乐的基本戒律。
5. The English were in no mood to spare the feelings of an upstart people who had committed the cardinal sin of ingratitude.
   英国人决不愿饶恕那些不知情道谢的自命不凡的家伙们的感受。
6. He committed the cardinal sin of forgetting their anniversary.
   他竟忘记了他们的周年纪念日，是犯了个大错。
7. On the other hand, the Four Cardinal Virtues and Three Theological Virtues were supposed to keep one from sin.
   另一方面，四项基本原则美德和神学美德三是要保持一个罪恶。