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avarice

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  • n.

    贪婪;

  • 英英释义

    avarice[ 'ævəris ]

    • n.
      • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

        同义词:greedcovetousnessrapacityavaritia

      • extreme greed for material wealth

        同义词:avariciousnesscovetousnesscupidity

    学习怎么用

    双语例句

    用作名词(n.)
    1. The old man shows great avarice for money.
      这个老头视钱如命。
    2. Avarice drove him into theft.
      贪婪驱使他偷窃。
    3. Avarice is the root of all evils.
      贪婪是万恶之源。
    4. He fell victim to his own avarice.
      他由于贪婪而自食其果。

    权威例句

    AVARICE AND INIQUITY AT THE SOLOR FORT
    Avarice, Altruism, and Second Party Preferences
    The Emancipation of Avarice
    "Rich beyond the Dreams of Avarice": The Guggenheims in Chile
    Pride Goes before Avarice: Social Change and the Vices in Latin Christendom
    Avarice and Ambition in Congress: Representatives' Decisions to Run or Retire from the U.S. House
    Disintermediating Avarice: A Legal Framework for Commercially Sustainable Microfinance
    The Early History of Greed: The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature
    Limited time perspective, values, and greed: Imagining a limited future reduces avarice in extrinsic people
    Ghostly evidence: Official and structural registers of voice, veracity, avarice, and violence in the "Rigoberta Menchú controversy"