avarice
avarice 英 [ˈævərɪs] 美 [ˈævərɪs]
n. 贪婪，贪财
名词复数:avarices
- Avarice is a fancy word for good old-fashioned greed. It's one of what some call "the seven deadly sins."
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- n. 贪婪，贪财
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1. avarice harshened his features.
贪婪使他变得冷酷无情。
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2. avarice is the bane to happiness.
贪婪是损毁幸福的祸根。
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3. George Washington called gambling “the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity and the father of mischief”, but Benjamin Franklin organised a lottery in Philadelphia in 1746.
乔治华盛顿称博彩业为“贪婪的孩子，邪恶的兄弟，伤痛的父亲”，而本杰明富兰克林1746年在费城组织了彩票业。
- avarice (n.) c. 1300, "inordinate desire of gaining and possessing wealth," fifth of the seven deadly sins, from Old French avarice "greed, covetousness" (12c.), from Latin avaritia "greed, inordinate desire," from avarus "greedy, grasping," adjectival form of avere "crave, long for, be eager," from Proto-Italic *awe- "to be eager," from PIE *heu-eh- "to enjoy, consume" (source also of Sanskrit avasa- "refreshment, food," avisya- "gluttony;" Welsh ewyllys "will;" Armenian aviwn "lust"). In Middle English also of immoderate desire for knowledge, glory, power, etc.; it "has become limited, except in figurative uses, so as to express only a sordid and mastering desire to get wealth" [Century Dictionary].
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