The excesses of the so-called permissive society appalled him.

被称之为“过分纵容”的过当行为使他惊讶。

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Vulgar language, which was avoided in our grandparent's polite society, is an accepted part of today's permissive society.

在我们祖父母那个文明社会中，粗俗语言为大家所不齿。但是，它们却在如今这个随意的社会中被人们所接受。

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They represented the anger and bitterness of youth struggling for freedom against authority, and for this reason, they were regarded by some people as the personification of the 'permissive society.

他们表达了青年人在力求摆脱权威的斗争过程中愤怒和痛苦的心情。正是由于这一原因，有些人把他们看作是“放纵的社会”的化身。

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It also separated Mr Blair from Labour's reputation for being soft on crime, earned in the 1960s when Roy Jenkins, a liberalising Labour home secretary, had supposedly invented the permissive society.

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On a recurring basis, some young recruits, stunned by stress or by the recognition that they have stepped from the comforts of home and a permissive society into the Spartan ranks of an organization that exists to fight the nation's enemies, have been known to admit to anything to gain discharge.

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