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单词 avarice
释义
avarice
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈæv.ər.ɪs/us
/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪs/
anextremelystrongwishto get orkeepmoneyor possessions:
贪得无厌；贪婪
Herbusinessempirebroughtherwealthbeyond thedreamsofavarice(= anextremelylargeamountofmoney).她的商业帝国带给她的财富之巨是做梦都不敢想的。
Synonyms
cupidityformal
greed
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Greedy
  • avaricious
  • avariciously
  • consumerism
  • glutton
  • grasping
  • greed
  • greedily
  • greediness
  • greedy
  • materialism
  • materialist
  • materialistic
  • money grabber
  • money-grubber
  • rapaciousness
  • rapacity
  • ravenous
  • ravenously
  • someone'seyes are bigger thantheirbelly/stomachidiom
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Related words

avaricious
avariciously
(Definition ofavaricefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

avarice| American Dictionary

avarice
noun[U]
us
/ˈæv·ər·əs/
anextremelystrongdesiretoobtainorkeepwealth

avaricious

adjectiveus
/ˌæv·əˈrɪʃ·əs/
avariciouslandspeculators
(Definition ofavaricefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofavarice

avarice
Through insinuations ofavarice, especially incriminating when a tribesman's generosity is a mark of honor, a subtle, ironic inversion of valuation is intimated.
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Inquisitors may well have seen heretics as particularly prone to the sins ofavariceand usury.
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What is the end ofavariceand ambition, of the pursuit of wealth, of power, and preeminence?
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Thus, the colonial project appeared, at first glance, to be motivated by humanitarian goals as opposed to the commercialavariceof a select few.
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The vice of fauvelling and the muck ofavariceare now occupying the throne and the highest position in the court.
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The authors warned against the ' tautological trap ' of theorizing corruption,avariceand ethnicity - yet these are the same categories they go on to use themselves.
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There are links here with penances foravariceor usury.
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The opening of the manuscript is proper to a musical monk, as are the diatribes againstavariceand several other godly poems and tracts.
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It could dissolve what was unique, precious and personal, reducing everything to the indiscriminate object of privateavarice.
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Or are they, on the contrary, scattered over the face of the country asavariceor chance may have happened to cast their own lot, or that of their predecessors?
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Through the combination of illustration and text, their physical attractiveness and rarity was raised, beyond scientific scrutiny and taxonomic exactitude, into the realms of aesthetics andavarice.
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Friendship, love and evenavaricegive way before it.
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Avariceneeds to be made innocuous in the eyes of society, in order for the market to operate effectively.
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It may arise from envy, malice,avarice, covetousness and the like.
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Civil wars are also fuelled by theavaricefor oil, diamonds and other raw materials that are used in western countries to make money.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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