| 单词 | debauch |
| 释义 | debauch (once / 1243 pages) nv Debauch is an old word that speaks to an older time. It means to destroy the morals of someone. If you debauch a young girl, you introduce her to immoral activities. A debauch is also an excessive amount of eating or drinking. To understand debauch, you have to understand a context in which women were considered pure because they were virgins and also because they were generally innocent. Men—often the kind whose lives were spent in a debauch of eating, drinking, using bad language, smoking, etc.—would debauch these women, ruining them for all time, in a bout of debauchery. WORD FAMILYdebauch: debauched, debauchee, debaucher, debauchery, debauches, debauching+/debauchee: debauchees/debaucher: debauchers/debauchery: debaucheries USAGE EXAMPLESBy this hour the scene is even more debauched. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) That’s exactly what directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck do with “Office Christmas Party,” the delightfully debauched holiday desecration we need this year. Los Angeles Times(Dec 08, 2016) “Bad Santa 2,” starring Billy Bob Thornton as a debauched Kriss Kringle, went straight to moviegoers’ naughty list. Wall Street Journal(Nov 27, 2016) 1n a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Syn|Hyper bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia revel, revelry unrestrained merrymaking 2v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality debauch the young people with wine and women Syn|Hypo|Hyper corrupt, debase, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize debase through carnal gratification infectcorrupt with ideas or an ideology lead astray, lead offteach immoral behavior to poisonspoil as if by poison bastardise, bastardizechange something so that its value declines; for example, art forms subornincite to commit a crime or an evil deed alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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