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Definition of promiscuous in English: promiscuousadjective prəˈmɪskjʊəsprəˈmɪskjuəs 1Having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships. they ran wild, indulging in promiscuous sex and experimenting with drugs 他们荒淫无度，沉醉于性乱，吸食各种各样的毒品。 Example sentencesExamples - If the girl was deemed promiscuous, became pregnant, or could not keep a job, she could be returned to the reform school.
- Instead, he chose to focus his question on the client's change to not being promiscuous.
- The only reason he turned her down is because this rumor got started that Christy was the most promiscuous girl at our school.
- Anyone who is sexually promiscuous is of increased risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection.
- Apparently that meant I was young, preppy-looking, and potentially very promiscuous.
- After many years of directing my own sexual education in Paris, I came to see myself as a ‘liberated woman,’ or what some perhaps would call a promiscuous adventurer.
- Do you regret not being sexually promiscuous in high school?
- Rather, their narratives suggest that they believe female role models who exhibit sexual agency have a status that protects them from being labeled as promiscuous.
- They are just encouraging children to be more promiscuous.
- They never demean them in speech, watch vulgar or erotic shows, or associate with lustful or promiscuous women.
- The disease spread most rapidly in those populations that were most promiscuous and engaged in risky sexual activity.
- Still, you have reason to be hesitant if he's been promiscuous lately.
Synonyms licentious, sexually indiscriminate, immoral, unchaste, debauched, dissolute, dissipated, profligate, of easy virtue, fast 2Demonstrating or implying an unselective approach; indiscriminate or casual. 无区别的，无选择的；滥施的 the city fathers were promiscuous with their honours 城市元老不分对象滥授荣誉。 Example sentencesExamples - As the American houses have seduced corporate Britain, so companies have become more promiscuous in their search for intelligence.
- There's a difference between being promiscuous and making serious strategic bets that may be the cause for regrets.
Synonyms indiscriminate, undiscriminating, unselective, random, irresponsible, haphazard, thoughtless, unthinking, unconsidered, casual, careless - 2.1 Consisting of a wide range of different things.
杂乱的，各种各样的 Americans are free to choose from a promiscuous array of values 美国人可以随意选择形形色色的价值观和行为方式。 Example sentencesExamples - To me, there seems something promiscuous about his geographical range: it looks as though he is looking for battles to fight.
Derivativesadverb prəˈmɪskjʊəsliprəˈmɪskjuəsli Our communities use the word promiscuously, adapted to order. Example sentencesExamples - We recognize that wise statesmen resist the temptation to use power promiscuously, and we stress the virtues of prudence, and self-restraint, in foreign policy.
- In 1984, Marxist theorist Frederic Jameson lamented the eruption of a new style of painting that borrowed promiscuously from history and mythology was yet another symptom of a malaise rooted in the emergence of consumer capitalism.
- While trademarks may sometimes lose protection if they become used promiscuously, copyrighted works remain protected no matter how publicly they're distributed.
- It is the big corporations that will own the devices and the profit motive will surely lead them to spread the machines around as promiscuously as they possibly can.
noun prəˈmɪskjʊəsnəsprəˈmɪskjuəsnəs This human promiscuousness is, of course, just what city-haters detest.
Originearly 17th century: from Latin promiscuus 'indiscriminate', (based on miscere 'to mix') + -ous. The early sense was 'consisting of elements mixed together', giving rise to 'indiscriminate' and 'undiscriminating', whence the notion of 'casual'. miscellany from [L16th]: This goes back to the Latin miscellus mixed from miscere ‘mix’ (see mash). This also lies behind promiscuous[E17th]. Its early sense was ‘consisting of elements mixed together’, giving rise to ‘indiscriminate’, and ‘undiscriminating’, from which the notion of ‘casual’ arose.
Definition of promiscuous in US English: promiscuousadjectiveprəˈmɪskjuəsprəˈmiskyo͞oəs 1Having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships. they ran wild, indulging in promiscuous sex and experimenting with drugs 他们荒淫无度，沉醉于性乱，吸食各种各样的毒品。 Example sentencesExamples - They never demean them in speech, watch vulgar or erotic shows, or associate with lustful or promiscuous women.
- Anyone who is sexually promiscuous is of increased risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection.
- Apparently that meant I was young, preppy-looking, and potentially very promiscuous.
- Instead, he chose to focus his question on the client's change to not being promiscuous.
- Still, you have reason to be hesitant if he's been promiscuous lately.
- Rather, their narratives suggest that they believe female role models who exhibit sexual agency have a status that protects them from being labeled as promiscuous.
- They are just encouraging children to be more promiscuous.
- The only reason he turned her down is because this rumor got started that Christy was the most promiscuous girl at our school.
- The disease spread most rapidly in those populations that were most promiscuous and engaged in risky sexual activity.
- After many years of directing my own sexual education in Paris, I came to see myself as a ‘liberated woman,’ or what some perhaps would call a promiscuous adventurer.
- Do you regret not being sexually promiscuous in high school?
- If the girl was deemed promiscuous, became pregnant, or could not keep a job, she could be returned to the reform school.
Synonyms licentious, sexually indiscriminate, immoral, unchaste, debauched, dissolute, dissipated, profligate, of easy virtue, fast 2Demonstrating or implying an undiscriminating or unselective approach; indiscriminate or casual. 无区别的，无选择的；滥施的 the city fathers were promiscuous with their honors 城市元老不分对象滥授荣誉。 Example sentencesExamples - As the American houses have seduced corporate Britain, so companies have become more promiscuous in their search for intelligence.
- There's a difference between being promiscuous and making serious strategic bets that may be the cause for regrets.
Synonyms indiscriminate, undiscriminating, unselective, random, irresponsible, haphazard, thoughtless, unthinking, unconsidered, casual, careless - 2.1 Consisting of a wide range of different things.
杂乱的，各种各样的 Americans are free to pick and choose from a promiscuous array of values and behavior 美国人可以随意选择形形色色的价值观和行为方式。 Example sentencesExamples - To me, there seems something promiscuous about his geographical range: it looks as though he is looking for battles to fight.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin promiscuus ‘indiscriminate’, (based on miscere ‘to mix’) + -ous. The early sense was ‘consisting of elements mixed together’, giving rise to ‘indiscriminate’ and ‘undiscriminating’, whence the notion of ‘casual’. |