| 释义 | 
		fornicatefor‧ni‧cate /ˈfɔːnɪkeɪt $ ˈfɔːr-/ verb [intransitive]    fornicateOrigin: 1500-1600 Late Latin fornicare, from Latin fornix  ‘brothel (= place for buying sex)’  VERB TABLEfornicate |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | fornicate |   | he, she, it | fornicates |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fornicated |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fornicated |   | he, she, it | has fornicated |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fornicated |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fornicate |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fornicated |  
 |
 | Present | I | am fornicating |   | he, she, it | is fornicating |   | you, we, they | are fornicating |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was fornicating |   | you, we, they | were fornicating |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fornicating |   | he, she, it | has been fornicating |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fornicating |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fornicating |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fornicating |  
    - Many were almost illiterate and spent much of their time drinking and fornicating, as did some of the nuns.
 - Those who joined were forced to fornicate in the presence of others.
 
    a word meaning to have sex with someone who you are not married to – used to show strong disapproval—fornication /ˌfɔːnɪˈkeɪʃən $ ˌfɔːr-/ noun [uncountable]  |