词汇 | dissolute |
释义 | dissolute adjective literaryuk /ˈdɪs.ə.luːt/ us /ˈdɪs.ə.luːt/ (of a person) living in a way that other people strongly disapprove of: 放纵的,放荡的;不道德的 He led a dissolute life, drinking, and womanizing till his death.他一直到死都过着灯红酒绿的放荡生活。 Synonyms debauched degenerateformaldisapproving dissipatedformaldisapproving fast immoral Morally wrong and evil abhorrent abhorrently amoral amorality anomie dissipated dissolutely dissoluteness enormity evil nefariousness no goodidiom no more Mr Nice Guyidiom non-ethical obscene trespass turpitude unconscionable unconscionably unethical Related wordsdissolutely dissoluteness dissolute | American Dictionarydissolute adjective us/ˈdɪs·əˌlut/ showing a lack of good character and morals; immoral: a dissolute life Examples of dissolutedissolute The widespread association of this disease with a dissolute life-style also explains a curious double standard regarding consumptive women. Stealing, drinking or leading a dissolute life were ways to escape desperate situations, but these offences could lead to gaol terms. In the third stage, an air of dissolute bachelordom pervades the house. Reynolds falls back on the stark contrast between an unfeeling and dissolute aristocracy, and a sincere and hard-working lower class. They generally live in houses which are insanitary, and very often with parents who deserve all they have got, being drunken or dissolute people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He mentioned the question of the harbouring and allowing of dissolute boys and girls to collect in one place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Good, genuine useful people living on the verge of starvation and imbecile and dissolute people living in luxury and ease. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should hate people to think that the whole trade is dissolute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once upon a time, there was a little boy who was bright and intelligent, but who had a rather lazy and dissolute father. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not high time for those who, loyally and legally, pay their rates and rents to have some recompense from such dissolute councils? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was a corrupt and dissolute clergyman who possessed a great deal of wit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If these men had been incapable or dissolute and badly behaved there would have been no hesitation in stating it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I came to vegetarianism fairly late in my somewhat dissolute life; it has been a journey of discovery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He stated, for example, that it was not true that becoming a member of a club necessarily meant being dissolute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be a very lamentable thing if the dissolute part of the community were to live longer than those who are engaged in the higher callings of life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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