单词 | depraved |
释义 | depraved From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdepravedde‧praved /dɪˈpreɪvd/ adjectiveBAD PERSONcompletely evil or morally unacceptable a killer’s depraved mind —depravity /dɪˈprævəti/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusdepraved• He was described as dangerous and depraved and a menace to society.• She felt now a dulled sense of degradation: she felt depraved and diminished and shrunken and old.• It sits on top of a pyramid of related images of deviant women as especially evil, depraved and monstrous.• a depraved and wicked man• Perhaps the lie drew its life from a human longing for those chills of horror which are depraved forms of religious awe.• He thought we were all depraved gamblers.• How you corrupted a young and lovely woman ... and subjected her to the most shatteringly depraved treatment.Origin depraved (1500-1600) deprave “to make evil” ((14-21 centuries)), from French dépraver, from Latin pravus “bent, bad” |
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