avarice

英 [ˈævərɪs]

美 [ˈævərɪs]

n. (对钱财的)贪婪，贪心，贪得无厌

BNC.33419 / COCA.27046

牛津词典

noun

N-UNCOUNT 贪财;贪婪;贪得无厌
Avariceis extremely strong desire for money and possessions.
1. 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。

noun

Had I really loved, could I have sacrificed my feelings to vanity, to avarice.
倘使我真心爱过人，难道我会为了虚荣或贪婪而牺牲自己的感情？
The lust and the avarice, the bottomless, cavernous greed, is that what you see?
是那欲望与贪婪，那无尽的贪婪么？
Avarice is, I should say, the gravest defect of the Chinese.
贪心，我以为是中国人最大的缺点。
I know he couldn't love a Linton; and yet he'd be quite capable of marrying your fortune and expectations! avarice is growing with him a besetting sin.
我知道他不会爱上一个林惇家的人。但是他也很可能跟你的财产和继承财产的希望结婚的。
Why? Buddha said that avarice, wrath and obsession are main obstructs to live such a life.
为什么呢？世尊说贪、瞋、痴就是执行这样生活的主要障碍。
Don't let thrift degenerate into avarice.
不要让节俭变成贪财。
Pride, Envy, and Avarice are the threes sparks that have set these hearts on fire.
骄傲、妒恨和贪婪好比三颗星火，使一切人的心熊熊燃烧。
He's a man whose avarice knows no bounds.
他是个欲壑难填的人。
( New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit.
（新约）作为罪恶根源的财富的人格化。
Avarice and happiness never saw each other, how then should they become acquainted.
贪婪与幸福从不照面，当然更不可能彼此认识。