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carnal + noun
carnal 常与 desire, pleasure, sin 等名词搭配。
He was tormented by carnal desires.
他被肉欲折磨。
肉体的；肉欲的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
肉体的；肉欲的
of or relating to the body or flesh
He was tormented by carnal desires.
他被肉欲折磨。
与身体尤其是性欲或活动有关的。
Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
世俗的或尘世的；暂时的。
Worldly or earthly; temporal.
与身体或肉体有关的。
Of or relating to the body or flesh.
He tried to suppress his carnal urges and focus on his work.
他试图压制自己的肉体欲望，专注于工作。
The attraction between them was purely carnal.
他们之间的吸引纯粹是肉体上的。
The film explores the line between spiritual love and carnal desire.
这部电影探讨了精神之爱与肉欲之间的界限。
carnal 常与 desire, pleasure, sin 等名词搭配。
He was tormented by carnal desires.
他被肉欲折磨。
作表语时强调肉体而非精神层面。
Their relationship was purely carnal, lacking emotional depth.
他们的关系纯粹是肉体上的，缺乏情感深度。
Not this
He has carnival desires.
Use this
He has carnal desires.
混淆了形近词 'carnival'（狂欢节）与 'carnal'（肉欲的），应拼写为 'carnal'。
Not this
The carnal of the body is sinful.
Use this
The carnality of the body is sinful.
将形容词 'carnal' 误用作名词，应使用其名词形式 'carnality'（肉欲，肉体性）。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
肉体的欲望；情欲
He struggled to resist his carnal desires.
他努力抗拒自己的情欲。
肉体的享乐；感官之乐
The book warns against the pursuit of carnal pleasures.
这本书告诫人们不要追求肉体的享乐。
肉体的欲望；性欲
The monk tried to suppress his carnal appetites.
这位僧侣试图克制自己的性欲。
性交；肉体关系
The statute defined carnal knowledge as a criminal act.
该法规将性交定为犯罪行为。
凡俗的本性；肉欲本性
She hoped to overcome her carnal nature through discipline.
她希望通过自律来克服自己的凡俗本性。
性行为，性关系（法律用语）
The defendant was charged with having carnal knowledge of a minor.
被告被指控与未成年人发生性关系。
原来体贴肉体的，就是与神为仇；因为不服神的律法，也是不能服。
This famous verse from the Bible (Romans 8:7, King James Version) uses ‘carnal mind’ to mean the human mindset driven by physical appetites rather than by God.
这节著名的圣经经文（《罗马书》8:7，英王钦定本）用‘体贴肉体的心’指受肉体欲望驱动、而不是由神引导的人心。
《肉体的知识》
This is the title of a 1971 American film directed by Mike Nichols; ‘carnal knowledge’ refers to sexual intimacy, a central theme of the movie.
这是1971年由迈克·尼科尔斯执导的美国电影片名；‘carnal knowledge’指性亲密关系，这是影片的主题之一。
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carnal 听起来像‘卡肉’，联想肉被卡住，即‘肉体的、肉欲的’——记住 carnal 与 flesh/sex 相关。
语域：formal 常见场景：religious writing、legal writing、literary texts carnal 是正式用词，多出现在书面或正式场合，常修饰欲望、享乐、肉体关系等。宗教和文学文本中比较常见；在固定搭配 carnal knowledge 中用于法律语境。日常口语中很少使用。
Among these, carnival /ˈkɑːnɪvəl/, carnation /kɑːˈneɪʃən/, and carnivore /ˈkɑːnɪvɔː/ all begin with the same /kɑːn/ sound as carnal in British English, but the vowel after /n/ differs, so they are not rhymes. Card and carpet share only the initial /kɑː/ spelling-to-sound pattern. Canal is a lookalike with the same -al spelling but is pronounced /kəˈnæl/, so it does not rhyme. No exact rhyme was found.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.