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debauchery

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·bauch·e·ry /dɪˈbɔːtʃəri $ dɪˈbɒː-, dɪˈbɑː-/ noun [uncountable] formal  BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSimmoral behaviour involving drugs, alcohol, sex etc 道德败坏;放荡 a life of debauchery 放荡淫逸的生活
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debaucheryEtiquette became debauchery but opportunism still fuelled the conversation.They have seen Pop Will Eat Itself close up and seen in them the terrible cost of debauchery.Wrapped up in his own debauchery he had not known of her plight until recently.What universal debauchery this might portend for our nation!
de·bauch·e·ry nounChineseSyllable
etc Corpus sex drugs, immoral behaviour involving alcohol,


debauchery
debauchery /dɪˈbɔːtʃəri $ dɪˈbɒː-, dɪˈbɑː-/ noun [uncountable] formal
immoral behaviour involving drugs, alcohol, sex etc:
    a life of debauchery


de·bauch·eryBrE /dɪˈbɔːtʃəri/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈbɔːtʃəri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] immoral behaviour involving sex, alcohol or drugs 道德败坏;淫荡;沉湎酒色(或毒品)