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pelf

/pelf/US // pɛlf //UK // (pɛlf) //

尔夫,小精灵

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.

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Examples

  • China is a student's paradise where the possession of learning is instantly convertible into unlimited pelf.

  • Fear prompts him to ask, and Greed—greed for power, place and pelf—answers.

  • The pelf and trinkets that she had upon her Were not demanded.D.

  • The ruling passion of the age: worship of self and worship of pelf.

  • We know how many men give up their mental independence for the sake of pelf and power.