de·bauch /dɪˈbɔʧ, ˈbɑʧ, di-/
(vt.)使墮落(vi.)放蕩放蕩
De·bauch, n.
1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.
The first physicians by debauch were made. --Dryden.
2. An act or occasion of debauchery.
Silenus, from his night's debauch,
Fatigued and sick. --Cowley.
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De·bauch v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army.
Learning not debauched by ambition. --Burke.
A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. --South.
Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. --Cowley.
debauch
n : a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and
promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]
v : corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was
accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors
subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt,
pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debase,
profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]