| 词汇 | venality |
| 释义 | venality noun[ U ] formaluk /viːˈnæl.ə.ti/ us /vɪˈnæl.ə.t̬i/ the state or quality of being venal (= willing to behave dishonestly in exchange for money): 腐败，贪污 His reputation has been defined by allegations of corruption and venality.他的声誉与腐败和贪污的指控紧密相连。 His best-known novel is a bitter study of the venality of the literary world. 他最著名的小说是对文艺界的腐败行为的尖刻描绘。 See venal This is what you get when people finally refuse to put up with official corruption, venality, and stupidity. The play is intended as a musical satire on the venality of government. His brutality and venality should not go unpunished. Lies, lying & hypocrisy a pack of liesidiom artifice bad faith black is whiteidiom cakeism falsehood falsification feed someone a lineidiom fib fiction lie mythologically mythologize perjure perjury someone can talk!idiom stretch the truthidiom weasel words white lie whopper Examples of venalityvenality Venality seems to have had one foot in the camp of abject cronyism, and the other in that of rampant commercialism. And, from a social point of view, did venality contribute to the renewal of the elites, through the access of new members of bourgeois origin? Nevertheless, there are still lacking exhaustive monographs on sales and, in particular, analyses of the social and political meanings of venality. The absence of blood in the archipelago's politics must not displace venality's pivotal role in it. No other factor has contributed more to the weakening and demoralization of the bourgeoisie than the venality of office. The influence of the throne was to his eyes only venality, and all the opposition merely a branch of the court. Among them, the numerous campaigns of sales of positions-or official venality of positions (juanna)-during the 19th century, certainly stand apart. What can be said about the role venality of of®ce played in shaping this elite? It is time to return to more general analysis, for which the question of the venality of of®ces and its consequences may prove a good point of departure. It assesses the implications of widespread venality of of®ces, as well as the real meaning of the estatuto of 1603, which formally excluded non-nobles from the city council. This access was meant to serve both as a useful check on corruption and venality in the administration, and also, in the right hands, as a powerful public relations gesture. Human beings did that—we cannot blame others—yet we continually blame other species for problems that are entirely created by our own selfishness and venality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, not all countries were guilty of the sin of venality and ill-directed aid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That as a suggestion must be born of the minds of those who are familiar with venality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without doing that, venality, patronage and the desire for appointment or otherwise will always prevail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of venality 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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