| 词汇 | prurient |
| 释义 | prurientWord family nounprurienceadjectiveprurientadverbpruriently pru·ri·ent /ˈprʊəriənt $ ˈprʊr-/ adjectiveadj formal SYhaving or showing too much interest in sex – used to show disapproval 好色的，荒淫的〔含贬义〕 prurient interests 好色的兴趣 —pruriently adverbadv —prurience noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus prurient• Everything he wrote on those days seemed prurient.• For him the sight is also shocking, but arouses a prurient curiosity.• Intellectuals have a weakness for the prurient, I read somewhere.• Also because dere is prurient interest here on my part.• Mere tittle-tattle dredged up for purely prurient interest is another matter.• Suddenly, one of my own was featured in a magazine I had peeped at previously, strictly for prurient purposes.• It should arise from concern and interest in the counsellee, not from a prurient self-interest or inquisitiveness on the part of the counsellor.• His most prurient thought was of her toothbrush, child size and blue, in the bathroom. (1600-1700) Latin present participle of prurire “to itch, have desire” |
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