debauch

英

美

v.  使放荡；诱奸（妇女）；纵情声色; 使（情趣等）变坏；诱使道德败坏
n.  放荡；沉溺声色

过去式：debauched　复数：debauches　过去分词：debauched　现在分词：debauching　第三人称单数：debauches　

TOEFL

BNC.46889 / COCA.36457

英英释义

noun

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

verb

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  1. debauch the young people with wine and women
  2. Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
  3. Do school counselors subvert young children?
  4. corrupt the morals
  Synonym:corruptpervertsubvertdemoralizedemoralisedebaseprofanevitiatedepravemisdirect

双语例句

• All the blood and lymph had been drained out of him by an enormous debauch of work, leaving only a frail structure of nerves, bones, and skin.
  大量的工作把他全身的血液和淋巴液都挤干了，只剩下神经、骨骼、皮肤所组成的脆弱架子。
• Over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands; a gluttonous debauch; a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure.
  喂得太饱的女人和她们贪吃的丈夫；贪吃的堕落；对食物、赞美和快乐的贪婪欲望。
• Why on earth should we take this market sentiment any more seriously than that which led to the great debauch of 2007?
  导致2007年“大堕落”的市场情绪不该被认真对待，既然如此，为什么我们就该认真对待目前的市场情绪呢？
• The cost of preserving highly leveraged financial behemoths still has the potential to bankrupt governments and debauch their currencies, wreaking yet more damage to their economies.
  保留高杠杆率的金融巨擘，仍有可能让政府破产，本币贬值，对本国经济造成更大的破坏。