bawdiness

bawdiness

1. The narrator apologizes to us in advance for the tale's bawdiness, and warns that those who are easily offended should skip to another tale.

此时，叙述者先对读者道歉，表示米勒将要说个淫秽的故事，并警告容易受到冒犯的人不应该听这个故事，而直接跳到下一个故事。

2. He began by borrowing widely from the masters before him, incorporating their influences (and often tempering their bawdiness) in his unparalleled compositions of stillness and repose.

画家并未接受过专业训练，早先他广泛地借阅在他之前大师们的画作，并深受他们的影响（也时常像他们那样一夜风流）。