avarice
英 [ˈævərɪs] 美 [ˈævərɪs]

n.

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

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The old man shows great avarice for money.
   这个老头视钱如命。
2. Avarice drove him into theft.
   贪婪驱使他偷窃。
3. Avarice is the root of all evils.
   贪婪是万恶之源。
4. 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 FORT
Avarice, Altruism, and Second Party Preferences
The Emancipation of Avarice
"Rich beyond the Dreams of Avarice": The Guggenheims in Chile
Pride Goes before Avarice: Social Change and the Vices in Latin Christendom
Avarice and Ambition in Congress: Representatives' Decisions to Run or Retire from the U.S. House
Disintermediating Avarice: A Legal Framework for Commercially Sustainable Microfinance
The Early History of Greed: The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature
Limited time perspective, values, and greed: Imagining a limited future reduces avarice in extrinsic people
Ghostly evidence: Official and structural registers of voice, veracity, avarice, and violence in the "Rigoberta Menchú controversy"