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单词 pruriently
释义
prurientpru‧ri‧ent /ˈprʊəriənt $ ˈprʊr-/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINprurient
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin present participle of prurire ‘to itch, have desire’
Examples
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  • Also because dere is prurient interest here on my part.
  • Everything he wrote on those days seemed prurient.
  • For him the sight is also shocking, but arouses a prurient curiosity.
  • His most prurient thought was of her toothbrush, child size and blue, in the bathroom.
  • Intellectuals have a weakness for the prurient, I read somewhere.
  • It should arise from concern and interest in the counsellee, not from a prurient self-interest or inquisitiveness on the part of the counsellor.
  • Mere tittle-tattle dredged up for purely prurient interest is another matter.
  • Suddenly, one of my own was featured in a magazine I had peeped at previously, strictly for prurient purposes.
having or showing too much interest in sex – used to show disapproval:  prurient interestspruriently adverbprurience noun [uncountable]
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