avaricious是什么意思

双语例句

(1)He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed.

他牺牲了自己的事业，其目的是让他贪婪的弟弟成功。

(2)The man is very avaricious.

他这个人非常贪心。

(3)He is avaricious of power.

他贪婪权势。

(4)These priests are all thus, greedy and avaricious.

所有的神甫全一样，又贪又吝。

(5)He is so avaricious that we call him a blood sucker.

他如此贪婪，我们都叫他吸血鬼。

同义词

adj. 贪婪的；贪得无厌的

同根词

词根 avarice

(1)avariciously adv. 贪婪地

(2)avarice n. 贪婪，贪财

释义

adj.

having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain

极度贪婪的，贪得无厌的

an avaricious, manipulative woman.

一个贪得无厌又善于操纵别人的女人。

词源

"late　Middle　English： from　Old　French　avaricieux,　based　on　Latin　avarus　‘greedy’．"