网络释义专业释义英英释义
avarice [ 'ævəris ]
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n.
- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- extreme greed for material wealth
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
avarice /ˈævərɪs/
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N-UNCOUNT Avarice is extremely strong desire for money and possessions. 贪婪 [文学性]
例：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，正好满足了房东的贪心。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Avarice is the bane to happiness.
贪婪是损毁幸福的祸根。
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Sloth does not set in until after gluttony and avarice.
懒惰是在暴食和贪婪之后才开始的。
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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，正好满足了房东的贪心。
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He says,"provincials are like mold, burrowing in their little plots, or frogs at the bottom of their puddles, engaged in sordid, trivial rivalries, moved by petty jealousies, avarice and material interests.
他说,乡下人就像模子里刻出来的,在他们的自留地里乱挖一气,或者在泥浆里面挖青蛙,从事着肮脏,没什么竞争性的工作,为嫉妒,贪婪和物欲所驱动
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