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cupidity

/kyoo-pid-i-tee/US // kyuˈpɪd ɪ ti //UK // (kjuːˈpɪdɪtɪ) //

利欲心,利欲熏心,利欲主义,利欲薰心

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice.

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Examples

  • That maybe it’s not selfish cupidity that limits the application of the title.

  • The cupidity of a man had evidently led him to collect together these odds and ends, and try to turn them to profitable account.

  • He rushed with ravenous eagerness at every bait which was offered to his cupidity.

  • This colorless face expressed patience, commercial shrewdness, and the sort of wily cupidity which is needful in business.

  • These two, by an instinct quick as lightning, saw the means of gratifying at one blow their cupidity and hate.

  • Don Jose has worked on the fears or the cupidity of this drunken ingrate.