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avarice

/av-er-is/US // ˈæv ər ɪs //UK // (ˈævərɪs) //

贪婪,贪欲,贪心,贪污

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.

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Examples

  • There was a whole thought in the 1980s, that Wall Street greed thing and this sense of avarice was in the air.

  • It is this mindless atrocity, driven by both avarice and animosity, that is at play in the film.

  • And his small-scale sculpture Avarice and Lust (1887) embodies the two sins via a masculine form entangled with a female one.

  • TopsyBy Michael Daly A tragic tale of a circus elephant who fell victim to human competition and avarice.

  • Avarice will likely bring a politician down, unless the pol can be portrayed as a champion of the little guy or a cause.

  • Greater mischiefs happen often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition.

  • His avarice was disgusting beyond words, and with avarice went a tendency to underhand dealing, harshness, and malice.

  • Thus age and avarice can always over-leap barriers which, to the young and romantic, are insurmountable.

  • When anger, avarice, and concupiscence convulse the peace of thy soul, look up to this star and call on Mary.

  • Then go, miserable wretch,” said the trooper, relinquishing his grasp; “either avarice or delusion has led a noble heart astray!