venal 的定义
- willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary: a venal judge.
- able to be purchased, as by a bribe: venal acquittals.
- associated with or characterized by bribery: a venal administration; venal agreements.
venal 近义词
bribable, corruptible
更多venal例句
- Only someone working for the “Venal Perverted West” would question it.
- For there to be any chance, all parties have to stop the venal and viral vitriol.
- Decadent, venal, ineffective, stratified, anxiety-ridden, stumbling from one declared crisis to the next—who wants that?
- On the Daily Show, Gates piled on, calling Congress “venal and small.”
- The stereotypical congressperson is venal, petty, self-interested, and oblivious to the consequences of his or her actions.
- His largesses were abundant, and the uproar of vehement thanksgiving, was ever on the watch from the venal multitude.
- And there was abundant occasion: municipal affairs were corrupt, courts weak or venal, or both.
- The youth had imbibed the venal corruption everywhere prevalent.
- In racing and gambling they found their excitement; their consolation was the venal love of a ballet dancer.
- He seems to have been sent to instruct and guide legislators in a venal and corrupt age.