acquisitive是什么意思？

acquisitive

英[əˈkwɪzətɪv] 美[əˈkwɪzɪtɪv]

• adj. （对钱财等）渴望得到的，贪得无厌的，能够获得并保存的；

名词：acquisitiveness;

例句

• an acquisitive mind 好学心
• In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed. 在一个贪婪的社会里, 贪财是自私自利的突出表现形式。
• His acquisitive wife is too fond of money 她那贪心的妻子爱财如命。
• Like many acquisitive conglomerates, it experienced a rapid ascent and sharp fall. 像许多贪婪的企业集团一样, 它也经历了大起大落.
• Its inhabitants , by nature acquisitive and cautious, economical, tenacious, had learnt to worship the word'smart ". 它的成员, 尽管天性贪婪,谨慎, 节俭, 坚韧, 却学会了崇拜 “ 时髦 ” 这两个字.
• The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups. 最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。
• We live in an acquisitive society... 我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。

同义词

• adj.
  acquisitive的同义词之：渴望得到的,贪婪的,自私的
  selfish, ravening, grasping, covetous, sordid, avaricious, grabby, ravenous, gain, materialistic, gold-digging, grabbing, eager, rapacious, possessive, greedy, for, predatory, predacious, mercenary, hoarding,
• acquisitive的同义词之：其他释义
  commercial, bourgeois,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  渴望得到的;迫切求取的;贪婪的
  If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
  例句
  We live in an acquisitive society... 我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。 The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups. 最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  (对钱财等)渴望得到的; 贪得无厌的
  His acquisitive wife is too fond of money 她那贪心的妻子爱财如命。 In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed. 在一个贪婪的社会里, 贪财是自私自利的突出表现形式。
  能够获得并保存的
  an acquisitive mind 好学心
• adv.

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas;
  "an acquisitive mind""an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"