prurient adjective formaldisapprovinguk /ˈprʊə.ri.ənt/ us /ˈprʊr.i.ənt/ too interested in the details of another person's sexual behaviour: 好色的，迷恋淫欲的 He denied that the article had been in any way prurient.他否认这篇文章有任何淫秽之处。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples interested in learning about people or things curiousThe best students are the ones who are curious about everything. inquisitiveShe's such an inquisitive little girl! inquiringThe organization tries to encourage inquiring and analytical young people to go into the sciences. nosy"Did her spouse leave her?" "Well, aren't you rather nosy!" prurientThat reporter has a reputation for being prurient and asking questions that are too invasive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Curiosity curiosity curiosity killed the catidiom curious curious about something curiously inquiringly inquisitive inquisitively inquisitiveness inquisitorial nosy nosy parker out of curiosity peeper prurience quizzically satisfy someone's curiosity stick your nose into somethingidiom stick your snoot in/into (something)idiom thirsty
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prurient | American Dictionary
prurient adjective us/ˈprʊr·i·ənt/ having or showing too much interest in sexual things