debauchery

英 [dɪˈbɔːtʃəri]

美 [dɪˈbɔːtʃəri]

n.  道德败坏; 淫荡; 沉湎酒色(或毒品)

BNC.23365 / COCA.25940

牛津词典

noun

• 道德败坏；淫荡；沉湎酒色（或毒品）
  immoral behaviour involving sex, alcohol or drugs

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 道德败坏;放荡;淫逸
  You usedebaucheryto refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
  1. ...scenes of drunkenness and debauchery.
     一幕幕纵情酒精、声色犬马的场面

英英释义

noun

• a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  Synonym:orgydebauchsaturnaliariotbacchanalbacchanaliadrunken revelry

双语例句

• To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
  说战争是勇气和美德的土壤就像说放荡是爱情的温床。
• Debauchery develops and the human sacrifice highlights their humble status.
  声色职业的发达和人祭人殉的残留，更加凸显了她们地位的卑微。
• His father died of drink and debauchery when Byron was3, and when he was10 his great-uncle the'wicked'lord byron also died.
  他三岁时，父亲死于饮酒过度和生活腐化。他十岁时，他的叔祖即“邪恶的”拜伦勋爵也去世了。
• The grace of her age was still struggling against the hideous, premature decrepitude of debauchery and poverty.
  青春的风采也仍在跟堕落与贫苦所招致的老丑作斗争。
• Now the Lady responds to what we can think of as his aristocratic debauchery with an economic theory of her own, and we haven't looked at that yet.
  这位女士以我们可以想到的方式做出回应，由于对她提出的图利的理论和他本身的贵族气息的放荡，这一点我们还没有读到。
• Virgin behavior is very formal, non-virgin more indulgent debauchery.
  处女举止行为都很拘谨，非处女放纵放荡些。
• He lived a life of debauchery when he was young.
  他年轻时滥情纵欲，放荡不羁。
• If state and media conspire to keep quiet about the debauchery of politicians, might it not be easier to hide other misdeeds, such as corruption?
  如果整个国民和媒体对政治家的丑闻睁一只眼闭一只眼，那么就无异于包庇政治腐败了。
• After eight seasons of drama, debauchery, tears and hilarity, ABCs Desperate Housewives is coming to an end.
  历经8季跌宕起伏的剧情，有堕落、眼泪和欢笑，ABC广播公司的《绝望主妇》全剧终了。
• They often mistake so totally, as to imagine that debauchery is pleasure.
  他们常犯大错，误以为放荡就是享乐。