lucre是什么意思？

lucre

英[ˈlu:kə(r)] 美[ˈlukɚ]

• n. <贬>金钱收益，利润；

例句

• She married a foreigner for mere lucre. 她仅仅为钱财而嫁给了一个外国人。
• You cannot bribe me; I do not want you filthy lucre. 你别向我行贿, 我不要你的臭钱.
• I'm going to write a book for the lucre of gain. 我打算写本书赚点钱.
• Perhaps because Mumbai stands for lucre, profane dreams and an indiscriminate openness. 也许是因为孟买主张财富 、 世俗的梦想和对外一视同仁的开放.
• ...so they can feel less guilty about their piles of filthy lucre. 这样他们就可以对那大把大把的黑心钱感到不那么内疚

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  阿堵物；孔方兄；金钱收益；（尤指）不义之财
  People sometimes refer to money or profit as lucre, especially when they think that it has been obtained by dishonest means.
  例句
  ...so they can feel less guilty about their piles of filthy lucre. 这样他们就可以对那大把大把的黑心钱感到不那么内疚

英汉词典释义

• n.
  <贬>金钱收益,利润
  She married a foreigner for mere lucre. 她仅仅为钱财而嫁给了一个外国人。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. informal terms for money
  2. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)