| 单词 | social evil |
| 释义 | > as lemmassocial evil social evil n. any problem or issue that adversely affects society; spec. (frequently with the) prostitution (now archaic). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] bordelc1300 prostitution1553 trugging1591 trade1592 putanism1672 street1750 Magdalenism1840 the life1858 profession1888 social evil1901 hustling1924 game1926 sex trade1931 1732 Man & Woman 29 Undue Copulations have evidently been the grand Seminaries of most social evils. 1851 A. B. Richards Poems, Ess. & Opinions I. 156 The state of our streets is a disgrace to any Capital. It is a disgrace to England. But it is not in this matter that the social evil is to be remedied. 1888 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 2 444 Many others have felt the social evil, of a purely manufacturing civilization, of huge mills and factory towns. 1901 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 323 Those slums have become a pandemonium of drunkenness and the social evil. 2000 S. J. Morse in W. C. Heffernan & J. Kleinig From Social Justice to Criminal Justice v. 154 Poverty, racism, abuse, neglect, and other social evils compromise the dignity and life chances of too many citizens. < as lemmas |
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