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单词 venal
释义
venal
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈviː.nəl/us
/ˈviː.nəl/
A venalpersoniswillingtobehavein a way that is nothonestormoralinexchangeformoney:
（人）贪赃的，腐败的，见利忘义的
a venalruler腐败的统治者
A venalactivityis done inorderto getmoney:
（行为）腐败的，贪污的，见利忘义的
a venalregime腐败的政权
They areaccusedof beinginvolvedin venalpractices.他们被控参与行贿受贿。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Obeying & breaking the law
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  • adhere
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  • bad actor
  • commission
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  • infringe
  • infringement
  • non-compliance
  • non-compliant
  • noncomplying
  • nondelinquent
  • offend
  • on the right/wrong side of the lawidiom
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venality
(Definition ofvenalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvenal

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Even infidelity of the mostvenalkind does not justify such vengeance.
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Ezra can be mistaken- more thoroughly mistaken than most people- but he has never beenvenal.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Abolition ofvenaloffice meant that the ancien régime legal and financial office-holders were the first affected by the re-organization of the administrative framework.
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At a private or moral level, they admitted that corruption, asvenalpeculation, did afflict society.
From theCambridge English Corpus
She is limited, vain, unintelligent,venal, narcissistic, manipulative, lacking in spirituality, and exceptionally attractive physically.
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As a whole, however, due to the simony, the magistrates werevenaland incapable of representing the interest of the class as a whole beyond their own narrow interests.
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To repay these loans, tax revenues were alienated andvenaloffices were multiplied, not least in the military administration itself where they endlessly complicated the chain of command.
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If we commit ourselves to the search for sensible solutions, does this necessarily make us somehow corrupt orvenal?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There is nothing sovenalthat it will not be done.
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We can see the situation developing asvenal, greedy fishing fleets hoover up the sea, put pressure on the stocks and begin to destroy them.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Bearing in mind the fact that time moves on, to say that one was wrong does not mean that one wasvenal.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are in danger of seeing the start of a newvenalpractice which can only damage our parliamentary democracy.
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As courts of law, the parlements had been notoriouslyvenal; as registrars of royal law they had been the most vociferous critics of the crown.
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Existing police resources are not wisely used, although not for any wicked orvenalreason.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have seen people worn down by suchvenallandlords, butvenaland greedy people do not always appear to be so.
From the
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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