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prurience [ˈprʊrɪəns]

n. 好色; 迷恋; 淫欲; (焦躁等的)渴望;

例句:

  • Nobody ever lost money by overestimating the public's prurience.
    从未有人因为高估公众的好色之心而赔钱。
  • Sonnets...noticeable only for their porcine quality of prurience.
    来自A. C. Swinburne
  • Any sense of prurience is relieved by Mr Kahr's prose , which is sympathetic, witty and erudite.
    卡尔先生的优美文字,充满同情, 诙谐和博智, 淡化了任何淫秽的意味.
  • Another holy hypocrite hides his private prurience behind a mask of public piety.
    来自M. Medved
  • Few have raised as many questions over police procedure, political mores and the prurience of media attention.
    来自THETIMES