prurience
noun [ U ] formal disapproving uk/ˈprʊə.ri.əns/ us/ˈprʊr.i.əns/
好色，淫秽
the fact of being too interested in the details of another person's sexual behaviour
The author discusses his subject’s relationships without stooping to prurience. 作者讨论了他的主人公的情感关系，但并没有沦于淫秽。
His interest seems like prurience and nothing more to me. 在我看来，他似乎只对淫秽的事感兴趣。
See: prurient
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- The interviewer posed questions unthinkable in their prurience.
- It is not clear whether the photo is an example of prudery or of prurience.
- These tales of sexual awakening eliminate prurience by emphasizing sweetness and honesty.