avarice
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英 [ˈævərɪs]
美 [ˈævərɪs]
是什么意思
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
- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- The old man shows great avarice for money.
这个老头视钱如命。 - Avarice drove him into theft.
贪婪驱使他偷窃。 - Avarice is the root of all evils.
贪婪是万恶之源。 - 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 FORTAvarice, Altruism, and Second Party PreferencesThe Emancipation of Avarice"Rich beyond the Dreams of Avarice": The Guggenheims in ChilePride Goes before Avarice: Social Change and the Vices in Latin ChristendomAvarice and Ambition in Congress: Representatives' Decisions to Run or Retire from the U.S. HouseDisintermediating Avarice: A Legal Framework for Commercially Sustainable MicrofinanceThe Early History of Greed: The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and LiteratureLimited time perspective, values, and greed: Imagining a limited future reduces avarice in extrinsic peopleGhostly evidence: Official and structural registers of voice, veracity, avarice, and violence in the "Rigoberta Menchú controversy"