avarice

英 ['æv(ə)rɪs]美 ['ævərɪs]
  • n. 贪婪，贪财
GRE 畅通词汇

助记提示

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

中文词源

avarice 贪婪

来自拉丁词avere, 渴望，词源同avid.

英文词源

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."

双语例句

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.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. Avarice increases with wealth.
贪心与财富俱增.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Avarice blinds our eyes.
贪婪障人眼.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Avarice is the bane to happiness.
贪婪是损毁幸福的祸根.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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。
来自柯林斯例句