SYhaving or showing too much interest in sex – used to show disapproval 好色的,荒淫的〔含贬义〕
prurient interests
好色的兴趣
—prurientlyadverbadv
—prurience noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
prurient• Everything he wrote on those days seemed prurient.• For him the sight is also shocking, but arouses a prurientcuriosity.• Intellectuals have a weakness for the prurient, I read somewhere.• Also because dere is prurient interest here on my part.• Meretittle-tattledredged 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 prurientpurposes.• It should arise from concern and interest in the counsellee, not from a prurientself-interest or inquisitiveness on the part of the counsellor.• His most prurient thought was of her toothbrush, child size and blue, in the bathroom.
Originprurient
(1600-1700)Latin present participle of prurire“to itch, have desire”