"offense against sovereign authority, treason," 1530s (mid-15c. as an Anglo-French word), from French lèse-majesté, from Latin laesa majestos "violated majesty," from laesus, past participle of laedere "to hurt, injure, damage, offend, insult," of unknown origin.
雙語例句
1. Firing senior staff without reference to the boss comes pretty close to lese - majeste.
不請(qǐng)示老板而解雇高級(jí)職員,罪近欺君.
來自辭典例句
2. Solche Buecher , welche ( die ) er gestern gekauft hat , lese ich nie.