acquisitiveness
n. 占有欲
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词形变化
acquisitivenesses
复数
acquisitivenesses
释义与例句
n.
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1.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
不可数1952, Patricia Highsmith (as Claire Morgan), The Price of Salt, New York: Norton, 2004, Chapter Eleven, p. 113, I think he picked me out like a rug for his living room, and he made a bad mistake. I doubt if he’s capable of loving anyone, really. What he has is a kind of acquisitiveness, which isn’t much separate from his ambition.
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2.
The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
不可数 医学 心理学
词汇关系
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词源
From acquisitive + -ness.
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