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词汇 voyeuristic
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Definition of voyeuristic in English:

voyeuristic

adjective vɔɪjəˈrɪstɪkvwʌɪjəˈrɪstɪkvwɑjəˈrɪstɪk
  • 1Relating to or denoting sexual pleasure gained from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.

    women as objects of voyeuristic pleasure
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He seeks to recast the voyeuristic impulse into terms of love rather than violation.
    • According to the dominant mores of academic film theory, narrative cinema is about the process of voyeuristic watching.
    • People who mortify the body in some way will always command a voyeuristic interest.
    • The religious themes are cleverly handled so as not to appear preachy or judgemental, while the coming-of-age material is frank but never voyeuristic.
    • The effect is vaguely clinical, dispassionate, like academic anatomical studies, but also enigmatic and voyeuristic.
    1. 1.1 Deriving or relating to enjoyment from seeing the pain or distress of others.
      the voyeuristic pleasure of spying on relationships under pressure
      there is something uncomfortably voyeuristic about being led into the hospital room
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Socially, this in-between condition generates ambiguity - both public and private - and establishes a voyeuristic relationship with the street.
      • The stress on her psyche is made worse by a voyeuristic website that seems to have gotten into her head.
      • Intruders and accessories to crime, we had our voyeuristic detachment demolished twice over.
      • A large keyhole enhances the mood of voyeuristic darkness.
      • And particularly that poor kid with that skin disease - I mean, I felt voyeuristic.

Derivatives

  • voyeuristically

  • adverbvwʌɪjəˈrɪstɪk(ə)liˌvwɑjəˈrɪstɪk(ə)li
    • 1In a way that relates to sexual pleasure derived from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.

      he voyeuristically filmed their liaisons using a night-time camera
      1. 1.1 In a way that relates to enjoyment derived from seeing the pain or distress of others.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At times the camera's slow dolly toward a room lets us voyeuristically eavesdrop on important conversations.
      • My favourite is the animation of a block of flats, jet black with the windows illuminated, inviting you to peer in voyeuristically.
      • The mess is viewed voyeuristically, as if peering through the artist's bedroom window.
      • we hope to voyeuristically glimpse fright from a distance

Definition of voyeuristic in US English:

voyeuristic

adjectivevwɑjəˈrɪstɪkvwäyəˈristik
  • 1Relating to or denoting sexual pleasure gained from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.

    women as objects of voyeuristic pleasure
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He seeks to recast the voyeuristic impulse into terms of love rather than violation.
    • According to the dominant mores of academic film theory, narrative cinema is about the process of voyeuristic watching.
    • The effect is vaguely clinical, dispassionate, like academic anatomical studies, but also enigmatic and voyeuristic.
    • People who mortify the body in some way will always command a voyeuristic interest.
    • The religious themes are cleverly handled so as not to appear preachy or judgemental, while the coming-of-age material is frank but never voyeuristic.
    1. 1.1 Deriving or relating to enjoyment from seeing the pain or distress of others.
      the voyeuristic pleasure of spying on relationships under pressure
      there is something uncomfortably voyeuristic about being led into the hospital room
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Socially, this in-between condition generates ambiguity - both public and private - and establishes a voyeuristic relationship with the street.
      • A large keyhole enhances the mood of voyeuristic darkness.
      • The stress on her psyche is made worse by a voyeuristic website that seems to have gotten into her head.
      • And particularly that poor kid with that skin disease - I mean, I felt voyeuristic.
      • Intruders and accessories to crime, we had our voyeuristic detachment demolished twice over.
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