avaricious
avaricious 英 [ˌævə'rɪʃəs] 美 [ˌævəˈrɪʃəs]
adj. 贪婪的；贪得无厌的
- Someone who is avaricious is greedy or grasping, concerned with gaining wealth. The suggestion is that an avaricious person will do anything to achieve material gain, and it is, in general, not a pleasant attribute.
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- adj. 贪婪的；贪得无厌的
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1. 'Low-income earners' pent-up wrath against avaricious big banks and companies that caused economic inequality finally gave its vent, ' the report says.
报道说，低收入者对造成经济不平等的贪婪大银行和公司积聚已久的愤怒终于得到了发泄。
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2. As with “The White Tiger”, Mr Adiga describes an India that is avaricious, acquisitive and insecure.
而在《白虎》中，阿迪加描述了一个贪得无厌、缺乏安全的印度。
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3. MYSTERIOUS, suspicious, avaricious, cold, the figure of Henry VII has long been skipped over or ignored.
亨利七世的人物形象不仅神秘莫测，疑神疑鬼，而且贪得无厌，冷酷无情，并长期被历史漏掉或忽略掉。
- avaricious (adj.) late 14c., "miserly, stingy;" early 15c., "greedy, covetous," from Old French avaricios "greedy, covetous" (Modern French avaricieux), from avarice "greed" (see avarice). An Old English word for it was feoh-georn. Related: Avariciously; avariciousness.
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