pruriently adverb formaldisapprovinguk /ˈprʊə.ri.ənt.li/ us /ˈprʊr.i.ənt.li/ in a way that is too interested in the details of another person's sexual behaviour: 好色地,迷恋淫欲地 Newspapers often delve pruriently into people's private lives.报纸经常从色情的角度刺探人们的私生活。 The film never seems pruriently exploitative.电影并没有过分探讨色情的内容。 See
prurient I pruriently clicked on the link. The camera pruriently lingered on the couple making love. The press can be either indifferent or pruriently interested in other peoples lives. 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 |