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acquisitiveness

/uh-kwiz-i-tiv/US // əˈkwɪz ɪ tɪv //UK // (əˈkwɪzɪtɪv) //

获得性,购置力,收购力,收购性

Related Words

rapacious贪婪的,贪婪,贪欲,贪得无厌avaricious贪婪的,贪婪,贪得无厌,贪财avid狂热的,狂热,狂热者,热心covetous贪婪的,贪婪,觊觎,贪婪的人demanding要求高的,要求高,苛刻的,苛刻的要求desirous欲望,希望,渴望,欲望的grasping掌握,抓取,抓住,握紧greedy贪婪的,贪婪,贪心的,贪婪的人predatory掠夺性,掠夺性的,掠夺式,掠夺式的grabby抢手的,抢手,攫取,抢答grabbing抓住,抓紧时间,抓取,抢夺prehensile无柄,无柄的,无梗,无袖

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
avarice贪婪,贪欲,贪心,贪污avariciousness贪婪,贪婪性,贪欲,贪婪之心avidity热心,狂热,热忱,渴望covetousness贪婪,贪心,贪欲,贪婪之心cupidity利欲心,利欲熏心,利欲主义,利欲薰心greediness贪婪,贪婪性,贪心,贪欲possessiveness占有欲,占有欲强,占有欲强的人,占有欲强的

Examples

  • Acquisitiveness also large; this gentleman believes in getting the full value for his money.

  • Those qualities were greed and persistence in acquisitiveness, cunning and subtlety, also bragging and self-assertiveness.

  • Her delicately curved lips were free from the grim lines of concentrated acquisitiveness.

  • Her venality, he began to see, was merely the instinctive acquisitiveness of the savage, the greed of the petted child.

  • He puts acquisitiveness first and right and sterling honesty and unselfishness second.

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