词汇 | avarice |
释义 | avarice noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈæv.ər.ɪs/ us /ˈæv.ɚ.ɪs/ an extremely strong wish to get or keep money or possessions: 贪得无厌;贪婪 Her business empire brought her wealth beyond the dreams of avarice (= an extremely large amount of money).她的商业帝国带给她的财富之巨是做梦都不敢想的。 Synonyms cupidityformal greed Greedy avaricious avariciously consumerism glutton grasping greed greedily greediness greedy Mammon materialism materialist materialistic materialistically rapacious rapaciously rapaciousness rapacity ravenous someone's eyes are bigger than their belly/stomachidiom Related wordsavaricious avariciously avarice | American Dictionaryavarice noun[ U ] us/ˈæv·ər·əs/ an extremely strong desire to obtain or keep wealth avariciousadjectiveus/ˌæv·əˈrɪʃ·əs/ avaricious land speculators Examples of avariceavarice Through insinuations of avarice, especially incriminating when a tribesman's generosity is a mark of honor, a subtle, ironic inversion of valuation is intimated. Inquisitors may well have seen heretics as particularly prone to the sins of avarice and usury. What is the end of avarice and ambition, of the pursuit of wealth, of power, and preeminence? Thus, the colonial project appeared, at first glance, to be motivated by humanitarian goals as opposed to the commercial avarice of a select few. The vice of fauvelling and the muck of avarice are now occupying the throne and the highest position in the court. The authors warned against the ' tautological trap ' of theorizing corruption, avarice and ethnicity - yet these are the same categories they go on to use themselves. There are links here with penances for avarice or usury. The opening of the manuscript is proper to a musical monk, as are the diatribes against avarice and several other godly poems and tracts. It could dissolve what was unique, precious and personal, reducing everything to the indiscriminate object of private avarice. Or are they, on the contrary, scattered over the face of the country as avarice or chance may have happened to cast their own lot, or that of their predecessors? Through the combination of illustration and text, their physical attractiveness and rarity was raised, beyond scientific scrutiny and taxonomic exactitude, into the realms of aesthetics and avarice. Friendship, love and even avarice give way before it. Avarice needs to be made innocuous in the eyes of society, in order for the market to operate effectively. It may arise from envy, malice, avarice, covetousness and the like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Civil wars are also fuelled by the avarice for oil, diamonds and other raw materials that are used in western countries to make money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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