avarice
英 ['?v(?)r?s]
美['?v?r?s]
- n. 貪婪，貪財(cái)
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
形容詞:?avaricious;
助記提示
1. 大眼睛小鼻子的老鼠看見(jiàn)大米.
2. avid, avidly => avarice.
2. avid, avidly => avarice.
中文詞源
avarice 貪婪
來(lái)自拉丁詞avere, 渴望，詞源同avid.
英文詞源
- avarice
- avarice: [13] The Latin verb avēre meant ‘covet’. One of its derivatives was the adjective avārus ‘greedy’, from which the noun avāritia was formed. This entered English via Old French avarice. Another of its derivatives was the adjective avidus ‘greedy’ which, as well as being the source of English avid [18], produced, via a hypothetical contracted form *audus, the adjective audax ‘bold’, source of English audacity [15].
=> audacity, avid - avarice (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French avarice "greed, covetousness" (12c.), from Latin avaritia "greed," from avarus "greedy," adjectival form of avere "crave, long for."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Their avarice knows no bounds; you can never satisfy them.
- 他們貪得無(wú)厭, 你永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法滿(mǎn)足他們.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Avarice increases with wealth.
- 貪心與財(cái)富俱增.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Avarice blinds our eyes.
- 貪婪障人眼.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. Avarice is the bane to happiness.
- 貪婪是損毀幸福的禍根.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. He paid a month's rent in advance, just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice.
- 他預(yù)交了一個(gè)月的房租，正好滿(mǎn)足房東的貪心。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句