| 单词 | lucre |
| 释义 | lucre noun[U] old-fashioned disapprovingorhumorousuk/ˈluː.kər/us/ˈluː.kɚ/moneyorprofit: 金钱；利润filthylucre不义之财 Informal words for money
Examplesoflucrelucre These attacks were, according to the planters, motivated 'merely for thelucre'. From theCambridge English Corpus Choirs operate much more easily in a financial sense - so, sorry to talk about filthylucre, but that can sometimes be a consideration. From theCambridge English Corpus A man could do without landed status if he had money; indeed, he could wash the filthylucre, thus purging (or at least effectively disguising) its egalitarian taint. From theCambridge English Corpus I am going on to a slightly more mundane theme and raising the subject of filthylucre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no doubt that they did not desire to associate filthylucrewith the establishment of this particular type of school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a great temptation to leave the farm and grab thelucre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So it seems to me that there is no problem there of anybody being coerced by love of filthylucre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is "filthylucre" that we want really. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Men are not coming forward, as they have done for the last three weeks, forlucre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The answer is that we come back again to filthylucre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has always been on a filthylucrebasis instead of being on the basis of an appeal to good feelings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I look upon that as alucrephantasm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They tried to pretend that while they were concerned with the quality of education, all that the teachers were interested in was filthylucre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Do they despise filthylucre? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not about filthylucre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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