avarice

英 [ˈævərɪs]

美 [ˈævərɪs]

n.  (对钱财的)贪婪，贪心，贪得无厌

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BNC.33419 / COCA.27046

牛津词典

noun

• （对钱财的）贪婪，贪心，贪得无厌
  extreme desire for wealth

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 贪财;贪婪;贪得无厌
  Avariceis extremely strong desire for money and possessions.
  1. He paid a month's rent in advance, just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice.
     他预交了一个月的房租，正好满足房东的贪心。

英英释义

noun

• reprehensible acquisitiveness
  Synonym:greedcovetousnessrapacityavaritia
• extreme greed for material wealth
  Synonym:avariciousnesscovetousnesscupidity

双语例句

• Their avarice knows no bounds; you can never satisfy them.
  他们贪得无厌，你永远无法满足他们。
• I know he couldn't love a Linton; and yet he'd be quite capable of marrying your fortune and expectations! avarice is growing with him a besetting sin.
  我知道他不会爱上一个林惇家的人。但是他也很可能跟你的财产和继承财产的希望结婚的。
• He fell a victim to his own avarice.
  他由于贪婪而毁了自己（自食其果）。
• Avarice is, I should say, the gravest defect of the Chinese.
  贪心，我以为是中国人最大的缺点。
• The world economy is rife with lawlessness and recklessness, with tax havens and regulation-free zones catering to the avarice of globally mobile capital.
  世界经济充满了违法和草率的行为，众多避税天堂和不受监管的地区迎合了全球流动资本的贪欲。
• Accusing them of fraud, avarice, and downright misrepresentation.
  指责他们欺诈、贪婪以及竭尽歪曲之能事。
• Do I desert avarice, wrath, obsession, worry, and confusion?
  对贪、瞋、痴、忧虑、困惑等又或曾完全断绝。
• Avarice was his prevailing passion.
  他最大的嗜好是贪财。
• Are you seeking day by day to live above worldliness, the pride of life, and the ensnaring vice of avarice?
  你是否日复一日寻求超越世俗、骄傲和贪婪的生活？
• Ambition is but avarice on stilts. w.s.
  野心只是踩在高跷上的贪婪。