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mammon

/mam-uhn/US // ˈmæm ən //UK // (ˈmæmən) //

玛门,玛瑙,玛姆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : New Testament. riches or material wealth. Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:9,11,13.
    • : a personification of riches as an evil spirit or deity.

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Examples

  • When it comes to Hollywood and films about faith, God and mammon are both finding devotees.

  • He drew up his spare person, with a terrier-like shake of the head and shoulders, as of one repudiating Mammon and all its works.

  • A man with his capital embarked, who may be a beggar on the ensuing day, cannot lie down upon roses: he is the slave of Mammon.

  • Peter remembered that he had read in his little leather Bible, "You cannot serve God and mammon."

  • What I like in you is that you've definitely let Mammon go—it's the only decent way.

  • His extreme love of money overcame every other consideration; and to this idol, Mammon, he even sacrificed brotherly affection.