avaricious

美 [ˌævəˈrɪʃəs]英 [ˌævəˈrɪʃəs]
  • adj.贪婪的;贪财的;贪心的
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    ADJ-GRADED 贪财的;贪婪的;贪得无厌的
    An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.

    He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed.

    他牺牲了自己的事业,这样他贪婪的弟弟才能成功。

adj

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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
they are avaricious and will do anything for money
casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
a grasping old miser
grasping commercialism
greedy for money and power
grew richer and greedier
prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
Synonym: covetous grabby grasping greedy prehensile

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  1. He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed .

    他牺牲了自己的事业,这样他贪婪的弟弟才能成功。

  2. I call on your own memory as witness : remember we have avaricious hearts .

    假使你想要保证和证明,你可以回忆一下我们贪婪的心。

  3. These people are avaricious and will do anything for money .

    这些人很贪婪,为了钱什么事都干得出。

  4. He is so avaricious that we call him a blood sucker .

    他如此贪婪,我们都叫他吸血鬼。

  5. For most of this recovery , for example , workers have been industrious without becoming avaricious .

    在本轮经济复苏的大多数时间中,美国工人勤劳而并不贪婪。

  6. These priests are all thus , greedy and avaricious .

    所有的神甫全一样,又贪又吝。

  7. This analogy not very become truly , doggie " avaricious " very normal , and the person is different .

    这个比喻不十分确当,小狗“贪心”很正常的,而人就不同了。

  8. " Ah , how strange it seems that such a young and beautiful woman should be so avaricious . "

    “啊!真不可思议,一个这样年轻美丽的女人竟会这样贪心。”

  9. To an avaricious father , a prodigal son .

    有吝啬的父亲必有败家的儿子。

  10. Father , I accuse myself of having been avaricious .

    父啊,我控告自己吝啬。

  11. If we are in conflict , avaricious , envious , fearful , we bring about such a society .

    如果我们处于冲突中,贪婪,嫉妒,恐惧,我们就制造出这样的一个社会。

  12. You have crucified her on the cross of avaricious temperament and bestial living .

    你令她在贪婪的秉性与野蛮的生存所致的十字架上受难。

  13. In the Fifth Circle on the Mount of Purgatory , I do not think that many Americans will be found among the Avaricious ;

    在炼狱的第五层,我想贪婪者之中不会有很多美国人;

  14. Finally , I shall be enormously stout , endlessly avaricious , pseudo-creative , and intensely selfish .

    最后,我将会肥胖臃肿、贪得无厌、貌似有创造性、极其自私。

  15. In European literature , Jews are usually characterized as usurers and profiteers who are avaricious , mean , cunning and full of anxiety .

    在欧洲文学作品中,犹太人一般以贪婪、守财、狡黠、多虑的高利贷者、投机奸商等形象出现,且处于陪衬基督徒形象的从属地位。

  16. All my subjects would leave no stone unturned to carry out every will , every avaricious desire and even every whim of mine , even though they were beyond the possible .

    我的意欲、我的贪念,乃至每一个幻想,都可竭尽全体臣民的力量去实现,即使是无法实现的。

  17. There is no more violent prodigal than the avaricious man who takes the bit in his teeth ; there is no man more terrible in action than a dreamer .

    一个吝啬的人在发狂时可以千金一掷,在所不惜,但也没有比一个冥想者行动起来更可怕的了。

  18. While fully emphasizing profit , merchant novels also denounced the gainful and avaricious behaviors and pointed out the right way to make profits is the one with both profit and loyalty cherished .

    商贾小说在充分重视利的情况下,对唯利是图、见利忘义的行为也给予了谴责,并指出正确的求利方式应该是义利兼顾。

  19. Meanly avaricious and mercenary .

    卑鄙的贪婪、唯利是图。

  20. This kind of privilege not only made the aristocrats amass a great deal of material wealth , but also stimulated their avaricious desire for luxurious living . Accordingly , their extravagant consumption appeared very extraordinary at that time .

    这种政治和经济上的特权,不仅使门阀士族积累起大量的物质财富,而且也激起他们对侈靡生活的贪婪欲望,从而使得奢侈性消费在这一时期表现得非常突出。

  21. As compared with their opposite numbers in past ages , they were less avaricious , less tempted by luxury , hungrier for pure power , and , above all , more conscious of what they were doing and more intent on crushing opposition .

    同过去时代的对手相比,他们在贪婪和奢侈方面稍逊,但权力欲更强,尤其是对于他们自己的所作所为更有自觉,更是一心一意要打垮反对派。

  22. Emperor Wudi Had hardly finished his remands when Ji An said that there was no need for the emperor to say so . Why should the emperor bother , Ji An said , about pretending to implement the policy of benevolence and justice since he was so greedy and avaricious within himself ? This choked the emperor off .

    没等皇帝把话说完,汲黯就说:“陛下内心里那么贪婪多欲,表面上却要装得实行仁政,这是何苦呢?”一句话把皇帝噎了回去。