orgy

英 [ˈɔːdʒi]

美 [ˈɔːrdʒi]

n.  奢靡的聚会; 狂欢会; 放纵; 放荡

复数：orgies　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14476 / COCA.15880

牛津词典

noun

• 奢靡的聚会；狂欢会
  a party at which there is a lot of eating, drinking and sexual activity
  1. a drunken orgy
     纵酒狂欢会
• 放纵；放荡
  an extreme amount of a particular activity
  1. The rebels went on an orgy of killing.
     叛乱者肆意杀人。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指纵欲的）狂欢聚会
  Anorgyis a party in which people behave in a very uncontrolled way, especially one involving sexual activity.
  1. It was reminiscent of a scene from a Roman orgy.
     这一幕让人想起古罗马荒淫的狂欢宴会。
  2. ...a drunken orgy.
     纵酒狂欢会
• N-COUNT 放纵；无节制
  You can refer to an activity as anorgyof that activity to emphasize that it is done to an excessive extent.
  1. One eyewitness said the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction...
     一位目击者称暴徒肆无忌惮地到处进行破坏。
  2. He blew £533,000 in an 18-month orgy of spending.
     他在18个月的奢靡生活中挥霍了533,000英镑。

英英释义

noun

• a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  Synonym:debauchdebaucherysaturnaliariotbacchanalbacchanaliadrunken revelry
• secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
• any act of immoderate indulgence
  1. an orgy of shopping
  2. an emotional binge
  3. a splurge of spending
  Synonym:bingesplurge

双语例句

• An orgy of riots broke out across Greece after a policeman shot a teenager dead in Athens.
  自一名警察在雅典射杀了一名青少年以来，希腊各地爆发了骚乱。
• I indulged in an orgy of housework.
  我整天埋在干不完的家务堆里。
• A former executive of the hotel where the orgy took place and a nightclub manager received life sentences.
  狂欢发生一位夜总会经理被一般承认的无期徒刑的旅馆一个前主管。
• It underestimated the risk of maintaining the Fed Funds rate at 1 per cent in 2003 and 2004, contributing to the orgy of excessive debt.
  在2003年和2004年，美联储低估了将联邦基金利率保持在1%的风险，从而导致了债务过度泛滥。
• Oeople were drinding a lot and the party soon turned into an orgy.
  人们喝得很多，聚会很快就变成了纵酒狂欢。
• Whereas for those who have not been fired, the not-so-festive season this year is an orgy of fear and drudgery.
  反之，对那些未被解雇的人来说，2008年这个不那么快乐的节日会是一场由恐惧与苦役组成的狂欢。
• Extraordinary optimism sustained an orgy of speculation.
  极端乐观主义纵容了疯狂的投机事业。
• Christmas, for many people, involves an orgy of spending, which is good for the economy.
  对许多人来说，圣诞节就意味着纵情狂欢地去购物，这对于经济大有好处。
• His means of bringing it about embraced an orgy of murder and martyrdom partly directed against the "Crusader" West, particularly America.
  他对西方的改革作对&尤其是美国，其中给人们带来了狂乱的杀戮和牺牲者。
• This is an orgy of evidence.
  这是我们称为证据泛滥。