单词乎

avarice

音标['ævәris]

汉语翻译

n. 贪婪

英语解释

名词 avarice:

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

例句

  1. Excessive desire, especially for wealth; covetousness or avarice.
    贪欲过度的渴望,尤指对财富的贪求; 贪婪或贪欲
  2. Avarice drove him into theft.
    贪婪驱使他偷窃。

详细解释


av.a.rice

n.(名词)
Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.
贪婪:对财富的不正常的渴求;贪婪

来源:
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin av3ritia
源自 拉丁语 av3ritia
from av3rus [greedy]
源自 av3rus [贪婪的]
from avôre [to desire]
源自 avôre [渴求]


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