mercenary

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n. 唯利是图者, 雇佣兵 a. 为钱而工作的, 被雇的, 图利的

发音

AU /ˈmɜː.sə.nə.ɹi/
UK /ˈmɜː.sə.nə.ɹi/
其它
AU /ˈmɜː.sən.ɹi/
UK /ˈmɜː.sən.ɹi/
CA /ˈmɝ.sə.ˌnɛɹ.i/
US /ˈmɝ.sə.ˌnɛɹ.i/

词形变化

mercenaries 复数 mercenaries more mercenary 比较级 most mercenary 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

雇佣兵；唯利是图者

形容词

雇佣的；唯利是图的

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    One motivated by gain, especially monetary.

    古体
  2. 2.

    A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.

    雇佣兵

    佣兵

  3. 3.

    One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.

    比喻
adj.
  1. 1.

    Motivated by personal gain.

    唯利是图

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

soldier of fortune

上位词 2

adventurer venturer

下位词 1

ninja
形容词

同义词 5

commercial freelance materialistic mercantile money-making

近义相关 5

paid commercial temporal worldly secular

词源

From Middle English mercenarye (“someone paid to work, hireling”), from Latin mercēnārius (“hired for money”), from mercēs (“reward, wages, price”).

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