cupidity / kyuˈpɪd ɪ ti /

📖毕业后词汇利欲心利欲熏心利欲主义利欲薰心

cupidity 的定义

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

cupidity 近义词

n. 名词 noun

greed, strong desire

更多cupidity例句

  1. That maybe it’s not selfish cupidity that limits the application of the title.
  2. The cupidity of a man had evidently led him to collect together these odds and ends, and try to turn them to profitable account.
  3. He rushed with ravenous eagerness at every bait which was offered to his cupidity.
  4. This colorless face expressed patience, commercial shrewdness, and the sort of wily cupidity which is needful in business.
  5. These two, by an instinct quick as lightning, saw the means of gratifying at one blow their cupidity and hate.
  6. Don Jose has worked on the fears or the cupidity of this drunken ingrate.