libertine

libertine
[ˈlɪbətiːn, -tɪn, -tʌɪn]
noun
  1. a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters
    放荡不羁的人(尤指在两性关系上行为不道德的男性)
  2. a freethinker in matters of religion
    (对宗教事务)持自由思想者
adjective
  1. characterized by a disregard of morality, especially in sexual matters
    (尤指在两性关系上)放荡不羁的,不道德的
    his more libertine impulses.
    他那些更为放荡的突发欲念。
  2. freethinking
    思想自由的
派生
libertinage
noun
libertinism
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting a freed slave or the son of one): from Latin libertinus 'freedman', from liber 'free'. In the mid 16th cent., imitating French libertin, the term denoted a member of any of various antinomian sects in France; hence sense 2
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