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

• I always leave before the orgy.
  我总是在他们纵欲前离开。
• Emperor Nero attended the bacchanalian orgy.
  尼禄皇（罗马暴君）参加了狂饮的祭酒神仪式。
• Extraordinary optimism sustained an orgy of speculation.
  极端乐观主义纵容了疯狂的投机事业。
• Any sports win will ignite an orgy of whooping, full-body man hugs.
  任何体育项目的获胜都会引起一阵狂欢式的全身拥抱。
• Instead, recruitment is often an orgy of hyperbole.
  而事实上，招聘常常是没边儿的夸张。
• The most expensive orgy in history was over, as F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of the 1929 Wall Street crash.
  美国作家F•司各特•菲茨杰拉德（F.SCOTTFITZGERALD）针对1929年的华尔街崩盘写道，历史上最昂贵的狂欢结束了。
• This orgy for lawyers is partly a result of the explosion of the market for smart-phones.
  这场对于律师而言的盛宴，部分归结于智能电话市场的爆发。
• They have an orgy every year and call it a religious festival!
  他们每年都要举行狂欢节还管那些叫做宗教节日！
• 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。
• 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。