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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by lust
  1. eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
  2. her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
  3. prurient literature
  4. prurient thoughts
  5. a salacious rooster of a little man
  Synonym:lubriciouslustfulsalacious

双语例句

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。