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avarice

音標['?v?ris] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 貪婪

英文解釋:

名詞 avarice:

  1. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    同義詞:greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia
  2. extreme greed for material wealth
    同義詞:avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity

例句:

  1. Excessive desire, especially for wealth; covetousness or avarice.
    貪慾過度的渴望,尤指對財富的貪求; 貪婪或貪慾
  2. Avarice drove him into theft.
    貪婪驅使他偷竊。

詳細解釋:


av.a.rice

n.(名詞)
Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.
貪婪:對財富的不正常的渴求;貪婪

來源:
Middle English
中古英文
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Latin av3ritia
源自 拉丁語 av3ritia
from av3rus [greedy]
源自 av3rus [貪婪的]
from avôre [to desire]
源自 avôre [渴求]

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