avarice
基本释义
[noun] extreme greed for wealth or material gain
[名词] 对钱财或物质收益的极度贪婪
深入解读
在之前推送过的 小词详解 | avid 中，小站（微信公众号：田间小站）曾提到 avid 与 avarice 同源，所以说 avid 多含有贪婪或欲望无尽之义。
而 avarice 一词则是由词根 avar （渴望）+后缀 -ice （性质）构成，源自拉丁语 avaritia （贪婪、过度的欲望），14世纪经古法语 avarice （贪婪、贪求）进入英语后，也是用来表示“贪婪、贪心、贪得无厌”，常作正式用语使用，主要指对金钱、财产、物质收益等的极度过分或贪得无厌的渴望，并强调吝啬，也就意味着不愿意放弃任何已经获得的财富，比如：
- 那个口音很特别的女孩痛斥伪善和贪得无厌的行为。
The girl who has a peculiar accent railed against hypocrisy and avarice.
好书例句
Where does discretion end, and avarice begin?
做到什么地步为止就算知礼，打哪儿起就要算是贪心？
出自19世纪英国小说家简·奥斯丁（Jane Austen）的代表作《傲慢与偏见》（Pride and Prejudice）。
外刊例句
- Some people may seem obsessed with greed and avarice, but our intrinsic motivations are deeper than that.
有些人可能看似沉迷于贪婪和贪得无厌，但我们的内在动机不止于此。
——《经济学人》 - But you don’t need blackmail to explain Trump’s fealty to the Russian president. Avarice will suffice.
但你不需要用敲诈勒索来解释特朗普对俄罗斯总统的忠诚。贪得无厌就足够了。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
- Greed and avarice – 贪婪和贪婪
- Excessive avarice – 过度的贪婪
- Avarice for power – 对权力的贪婪
- Avarice for wealth – 对财富的贪婪
- Avarice and materialism – 贪婪和物质主义
- Avarice and selfishness – 贪婪和自私
- Unbridled avarice – 放肆的贪婪
- Avarice and corruption – 贪婪和腐败
- Avarice and gluttony – 贪婪和暴食
- Avarice and hoarding – 贪婪和囤积
- Avarice and exploitation – 贪婪和剥削
- Avarice and manipulation – 贪婪和操纵
- Avarice and deception – 贪婪和欺骗
- Avarice and excess – 贪婪和过度
- Avarice and envy – 贪婪和嫉妒
- Avarice and greediness – 贪婪和贪心
- Avarice and accumulation – 贪婪和积累
- Avarice and material possessions – 贪婪和物质财富
- Avarice and covetousness – 贪婪和贪欲
- Avarice and exploitation – 贪婪和剥削
- Avarice and profit-seeking – 贪婪和追求利润
- Avarice and insatiability – 贪婪和贪得无厌
- Avarice and self-indulgence – 贪婪和放纵自己
- Avarice and dishonesty – 贪婪和不诚实
- Avarice and materialistic mindset – 贪婪和物质主义心态
- Avarice and exploitation of resources – 贪婪和资源开发
- Avarice and financial manipulation – 贪婪和金融操纵
- Avarice and disregard for others – 贪婪和对他人的漠视
- Avarice and unscrupulous behavior – 贪婪和不择手段的行为
- Avarice and moral bankruptcy – 贪婪和道德破产
- Avarice and social inequality – 贪婪和社会不平等
- Avarice and consumerism – 贪婪和消费主义
- Avarice and predatory practices – 贪婪和掠夺性做法
- Avarice and disregard for the environment – 贪婪和对环境的漠视
- Avarice and unethical business practices – 贪婪和不道德的商业行为
- Avarice and excessive materialism – 贪婪和过度的物质主义
- Avarice and financial exploitation – 贪婪和金融剥削
- Avarice and unchecked ambition – 贪婪和不受约束的野心
- Avarice and disregard for human welfare – 贪婪和对人类福祉的漠视
- Avarice and the erosion of moral values – 贪婪和道德价值观的侵蚀
同近义词
cupidity: greed for money or possessions
greed: intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food
rapacity: aggressive greed
