avarice是什么意思_avarice怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

avarice: avarice: [13] The Latin verb avēre meant ‘covet’. One of its derivatives was the adjective avārus ‘greedy’, from which the noun avāritia was formed. This entered English via Old French avarice. Another of its derivatives was the adjective avidus ‘greedy’ which, as well as being the source of English avid [18], produced, via a hypothetical contracted form *audus, the adjective audax ‘bold’, source of English audacity [15].
=> audacity, avid
avarice (n.): c. 1300, from Old French avarice "greed, covetousness" (12c.), from Latin avaritia "greed," from avarus "greedy," adjectival form of avere "crave, long for."

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形容词 avaricious;

1. Their avarice knows no bounds; you can never satisfy them.: 他们贪得无厌, 你永远无法满足他们.

5. He paid a month"s rent in advance, just enough to satisfy the landlord"s avarice.: 他预交了一个月的房租，正好满足房东的贪心。

greed 贪心

lust 贪欲

avidity 渴望

desire 渴望

cupidity 贪心

greediness 贪吃

materialism 唯物主义

acquisitiveness 可得到

money 财产

for 为

covetousness 妄羡

avariciousness 贪心

avaritia 贪婪

rapacity 掠夺

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1. 大眼睛小鼻子的老鼠看见大米.
2. avid, avidly => avarice.