英语词汇“concupiscence”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

concupiscence

/kənˈkjuːpɪs(ə)ns

noun [mass noun] formal

Strong sexual desire; lust: St Anthony’s battle with concupiscence...

Any distortion of this form is judged a result of Original Sin, evidenced by concupiscence affecting human sexual desire and labeled ‘disorder.’
Snoopiness, gossip, toying with the occult, reluctance to do what is good, forgetfulness of God's will, factionalism, and many other failings are as much manifestations of concupiscence as disordered sexual impulses.
According to Augustine, sin is concupiscence: that is, a compelling desire or drive to serve one's self rather than God.

Synonyms

sexual desire, lust, lustfulness, sexual appetite, sexual longing, sexual passion, ardour, desire, passion;

libido, sex drive, sexuality, biological urge;

lechery, lecherousness, lasciviousness, lewdness, wantonness, carnality, licentiousness, salaciousness, prurience

informal horniness, raunchiness, the hots

British informal randiness, the horn

rare salacity, nympholepsy

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from late Latin concupiscentia, from Latin concupiscent- 'beginning to desire', from the verb concupiscere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + cupere 'to desire'.

单词	concupiscence
释义	concupiscence /kənˈkjuːpɪs(ə)ns / noun [mass noun] formal Strong sexual desire; lust: St Anthony’s battle with concupiscence... Any distortion of this form is judged a result of Original Sin, evidenced by concupiscence affecting human sexual desire and labeled ‘disorder.’ Snoopiness, gossip, toying with the occult, reluctance to do what is good, forgetfulness of God's will, factionalism, and many other failings are as much manifestations of concupiscence as disordered sexual impulses. According to Augustine, sin is concupiscence: that is, a compelling desire or drive to serve one's self rather than God. Synonyms sexual desire, lust, lustfulness, sexual appetite, sexual longing, sexual passion, ardour, desire, passion; libido, sex drive, sexuality, biological urge; lechery, lecherousness, lasciviousness, lewdness, wantonness, carnality, licentiousness, salaciousness, prurience informal horniness, raunchiness, the hots British informal randiness, the horn rare salacity, nympholepsy Origin Middle English: via Old French from late Latin concupiscentia, from Latin concupiscent- 'beginning to desire', from the verb concupiscere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + cupere 'to desire'.
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