1590s, from Middle French débaucher "entice from work or duty," from Old French desbaucher "to lead astray," supposedly literally "to trim (wood) to make a beam" (from bauch "beam," from Frankish balk or some other Germanic source akin to English balk (n.)). A sense of "shaving" something away, perhaps, but the root is also said to be a word meaning "workshop," which gets toward the notion of "to lure someone off the job;" either way the sense evolution is unclear.
实用例句
1. You can hardly expect unquestioning obedience from last night's partner in a debauch.
从昨晚有位搭档的放荡之后,你将不再期待任何坚定不移的听从.
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2. Printing money would worsen inflation, debauch the currency and bring a balance - of - payments crisis.
