late 14c., "a freedman, an emancipated slave," from Latin libertinus "member of a class of freedmen," from libertus "one's freedmen," from liber "free" (see liberal). Sense of "freethinker" is first recorded 1560s, from French libertin (1540s) originally the name given to certain Protestant sects in France and the Low Countries. Meaning "dissolute or licentious person" first recorded 1590s; the darkening of meaning being perhaps due to misunderstanding of Latin libertinus in Acts vi:9. As an adjective by 1570s.
实用例句
1. The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.
一个酒徒色鬼竟然摇身一变就成了道学先生.
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2. I believe John is not a libertine any more.
我相信约翰不再是个浪子了.
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3. I lost Ruth and gained an undeserved reputation as a potential libertine.
我失去了露丝,却冤枉地担上了准浪子的名声.
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4. A man without an address is a vagabond; a man with two addresses a libertine.
没有地址的男人是流浪汉, 有两个地址的男人是浪荡子.
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5. A man without an address is a vagaband, a man with two addresses is a libertine.
