avarice

FREQ #36617

n. 贪婪

发音

US /ˈævəɹɪs/

词形变化

avarices 复数 avarices

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

    贪婪

    贪心

    贪财

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

    贪财

    贪求

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

greed covetousness avariciousness cupidity rapacity

上位词 3

greed deadly sin mortal sin

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-eh₁yeti Latin aveō Latin avārus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin avāritiabor. Old French avaricebor. Middle English avarice English avarice From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).

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