单词 | dissolute |
释义 | dissolute From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Drinkdissolutedis‧so‧lute /ˈdɪsəluːt/ adjectiveSYDFDhaving an immoral way of life, for example drinking too much alcohol or having sex with many people SYN debauchedExamples from the Corpusdissolute• Sitting like that, slumped and half-naked, he looked almost dissolute.• Zacharias was a minor painter when he wasn't living off his mistresses, and reputedly a dissolute.• Yes, he had heard about him and his dissolute bad life; also vague tumours about the old scandal.• This makes it less likely that investors would encourage a dissolute borrower to mend its ways by withholding finance.• In less-than a week I was employed in the dissolute field of computers.• I can not see her as an innocent victim of a nasty and dissolute hippie.• It is Peer Gynt, who has lived a dissolute life.• Sadie returns to Seattle from a dissolute road journey.Origin dissolute (1300-1400) Latin dissolutus, past participle of dissolvere; → DISSOLVE |
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