| 词汇 | mercenary |
| 释义 | mercenary adjective disapprovinguk /ˈmɜː.sən.ri/ us /ˈmɝː.sən.ri/ interested only in the amount of money that you can get from a situation: 唯利是图的，贪财的 He had some mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow.他有个贪财的计划，想娶个有钱的寡妇。 Greedy avarice avaricious avariciously consumerism grabby grasping greed greedily greediness hoggishly Mammon materialism materialist materialistic piggy rapacious rapaciously rapaciousness rapacity someone's eyes are bigger than their belly/stomachidiom mercenary noun[ C ] uk /ˈmɜː.sən.ri/ us /ˈmɝː.sən.ri/ a soldier who fights for any country or group that pays them雇佣兵 Synonym soldier of fortuneliterary Soldiers & people who fight in wars anti-guerrilla Anzac berserker capability cavalryman citizen soldier comrade ex-serviceman foot soldier grenadier paramilitary raider recruit scout shogun skirmisher soldier of fortune unsoldierly vassal war party mercenary | American Dictionarymercenary noun[ C ] us/ˈmɜr·səˌner·i/ a soldier who fights for a foreign country or group for pay mercenary adjective us/ˈmɜr·səˌner·i/ interested only in the money that can be obtained from a situation: I don’t trust his motives – he’s too mercenary. |
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