prurience

名词淫欲; 迷恋; <正><贬>好色; （焦躁等的）渴望

1. 好色：pruning 修枝 | prurience 好色 | pruriency 好色

2. 好色,淫乱：incipience 初期 | prurience 好色,淫乱 | esurience 贪吃,贪婪

3. 好色; 渴望 (名)：pruning hook 修枝刀 | prurience 好色; 渴望 (名) | prurient 好色的, 渴望的 (形)

4. 好色/渴望：prunella /耐用的毛织品之一种/ | prurience /好色/渴望/ | pruriency /好色/淫乱/色欲/热望/

1. prurience

1. 好色；淫秽
    Prurience is a strong interest that someone shows in sexual matters.

    e.g. Nobody ever lost money by overestimating the public's prurience.
           从未有人因为高估公众的好色之心而赔钱。

1. The essential principle is that the media should not be allowed to pander to the public's prurience under cover of protecting the public interest.

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