prurient
英 [ˈprʊəriənt]
美 [ˈprʊriənt]
adj. 好色的; 下作的; 淫亵的
BNC.34679 / COCA.24224
牛津词典
adj.
- 好色的;下作的;淫亵的
having or showing too much interest in things connected with sex
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 好色的;淫秽的
If you describe someone asprurient, you mean that they show too much interest in sexual matters.- We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
我们翻看他们的八卦时带着不洁的想法。
- We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
英英释义
adj
- characterized by lust
- eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
- her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
- prurient literature
- prurient thoughts
- a salacious rooster of a little man
双语例句
- The new film will ambush the unwary, appal the squeamish and get unwanted attention from the prurient.
这部新片将出其不意地震撼粗心的观众,令胆小的观众感到惊骇,并得到好色之徒讨厌的关注。 - In a statement, Ms Li accused the inspectors of "prurient questioning" and of promulgating an "innuendo" against her.
在一份声明中,李曲指责调查人员进行了“趣味低级的询问”,并针对她发表了“含沙射影的言论”。 - The girls were ogled by prurient officials.
姑娘们被好色的官员们直勾勾地盯着。 - We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
我们翻看他们的八卦时带着不洁的想法。 - The list not only satisfies the prurient interest of those fascinated with the lives of the rich and famous, but also reflects important trends in the Chinese economy.
富豪榜不仅满足了极想探窥富人与名人生活者的癖好,同时也反映了中国经济的重要发展趋势。 - Most modern misery literature, however, is the purest voyeurism, an opportunity to pry into the degradation of others through secondhand confessional of the most graphic and prurient sort.
然而,大多数的“悲剧文学”都是通过最生动、最淫秽的间接自述来趁机窥伺他人的落魄,都纯粹属于偷窥他人隐私之作。