avarice是什么意思？

avarice

英[ˈævərɪs] 美[ˈævərɪs]

• n. 贪婪；

形容词：avaricious;

例句

• Avarice increases with wealth. 越富越贪。
• Courage in excess becomes foolhardiness, affection weakness, thrift avarice. 勇敢过度即成蛮勇, 感情过度即成溺爱, 节俭过度即成贪婪.
• Avarice is the bane to happiness. 贪婪是损毁幸福的祸根.
• Avarice blinds our eyes. 贪婪障人眼.
• Their avarice knows no bounds; you can never satisfy them. 他们贪得无厌, 你永远无法满足他们.
• Its great, memorable works, she argues, came about because of acquisitiveness, bordering on avarice. 她指出, 恰恰是那近乎贪婪的占有欲引出了那些伟大而难忘的作品.
• He paid a month's rent in advance, just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice. 他预交了一个月的房租，正好满足房东的贪心。

同义词

• n.
  avarice的同义词之：贪婪
  money, for, desire, greed, avidity, lust,
• avarice的同义词之：其他释义
  lust, greed,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  贪财;贪婪;贪得无厌
  Avarice is extremely strong desire for money and possessions.
  例句
  He paid a month's rent in advance, just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice. 他预交了一个月的房租，正好满足房东的贪心。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  贪婪
  Avarice blinds our eyes. 贪婪障人眼。 Avarice increases with wealth. 贪心与财富俱增。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  2. extreme greed for material wealth