mercenary是什么意思？

mercenary

英[ˈmɜ:sənəri] 美[ˈmɜrsəneri]

• adj. 雇用的，图利的，唯利是图的；
• n. 雇佣兵，唯利是图者；

复数：mercenaries;

例句

• James is so mercenary that he’d turn in his own mother for the reward money. 詹姆斯太唯利是图了,他为领取赏钱竟出卖了自己的母亲。
• Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man. 唯利是图的人胸中没有美德。
• meanly avaricious and mercenary. 卑鄙的贪婪、唯利是图
• Some went as mercenary soldiers , others as merchants or craftsmen, some in organized groups , others singly. 他们要么作为雇佣军, 要么作为商人或工匠艺人; 要么有组织地成群结队或单独前往.
• This put her affection out of suspicion of mercenary ends. 这样就可以使她的爱不至于沾染上有所贪图的色彩.
• James is so mercenary that he'd turn in his own mother for the reward money. 詹姆斯太唯利是图了,他为领取赏钱竟出卖了自己的母亲.
• Mercenary men lust for wealth. 唯利是图的人贪求财富.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (外籍)雇佣兵
  A mercenary is a soldier who is paid to fight by a country or group that they do not belong to.
• ADJ-GRADED
  唯利是图的;见钱眼开的
  If you describe someone as mercenary, you are criticizing them because you think that they are only interested in the money that they can get from a particular person or situation.

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  雇用的,为钱的,唯利是图的
  Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man. 唯利是图的人胸中没有美德。 James is so mercenary that he’d turn in his own mother for the reward money. 詹姆斯太唯利是图了,他为领取赏钱竟出卖了自己的母亲。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a person hired to fight for another country than their own
• Adjective
  1. marked by materialism
  2. used of soldiers hired by a foreign army
  3. profit oriented;
  "a commercial book""preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan"a mercenary enterprise""a moneymaking business"

行业词典

• 法律： 雇佣；