concupiscence

英 [kən'kjuːpɪs(ə)ns] 美 [kən'kjupɪsns]
  • n. 强烈的邪欲
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concupiscence 强烈的性欲

con-, 强调。-cup, 渴望,词源同Cupid, hope.

concupiscence
concupiscence: see cupidity
concupiscence (n.)
mid-14c., from Latin concupiscentia "eager desire," from concupiscens, present participle of concupiscere, inceptive of concupere "to be very desirous of," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + cupere "to long for" (see cupidity). Used in Vulgate to translate Greek epithymia.