avarice

US [ˈævərɪs]
UK ['ævərɪs]
  • n.贪得无厌
  • Web贪婪；贪财；贪心

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avarice
n.
1.
（对钱财的）贪婪，贪心，贪得无厌extreme desire for wealth

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Definition:
AllAll,贪得无厌贪得无厌,贪婪贪婪,贪财贪财,贪心贪心
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1.
Observers of the first series said the audience was at once fascinated and repulsed by the show's naked avarice.
第一套系列节目的观察员表示，观众一度被节目对财富赤裸裸的贪求所吸引，继而产生了反感。
dì yī tào xì liè jié mù de guān chá yuán biǎo shì , guān zhòng yí dù bèi jié mù duì cái fù chì luǒ luǒ de tān qiú suǒ xī yǐn , jì ér chǎn shēng le fǎn gǎn 。
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2.
The latent cause of crime is often avarice.
贫婪常是犯罪的潜在诱因。
pín lán cháng shì fàn zuì de qián zài yòu yīn 。
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3.
avarice is growing with him a besetting sin.
贪婪跟着他成长起来，成了易犯的罪恶。
tān lán gēn zhe tā chéng zhǎng qǐ lái , chéng le yì fàn de zuì è 。
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4.
Remember a novel writing a love money, the avarice into a HuangJinShan mountain, all is in gold jewelry, if big wild.
记得有篇小说写一个爱财如命的财迷，进了一座黄金山，山内皆是黄金珠宝，大喜若狂。
jì de yǒu piān xiǎo shuō xiě yī gè ài cái rú mìng de cái mí , jìn le yī zuò huáng jīn shān , shān nèi jiē shì huáng jīn zhū bǎo , dà xǐ ruò kuáng 。
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5.
Therefore, controlling a man being incorruption and not avarice must start from his inner heart.
因此廉或贪等欲念的控管，必须自个人内心做起才有效。
yīn cǐ lián huò tān děng yù niàn de kòng guǎn , bì xū zì gě rén nèi xīn zuò qǐ cái yǒu xiào 。
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6.
In the struggle to fulfill their desires, they finally are hurt all over and suffered from avarice, wrath and obsession.
在这些欲望中打滚斗争的结果是将他们自已弄的遍体鳞伤，并且饱受贪、嗔、痴之毒害。
zài zhè xiē yù wàng zhōng dǎ gǔn dòu zhēng de jié guǒ shì jiāng tā men zì yǐ nòng de biàn tǐ lín shāng , bìng qiě bǎo shòu tān 、 chēn 、 chī zhī dú hài 。
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7.
The Premier League, founded on avarice, is now on the edge of a precipice.
建立于贪欲基础上的英超联赛现在已经到了悬崖边缘。
jiàn lì yú tān yù jī chǔ shàng de yīng chāo lián sài xiàn zài yǐ jīng dào le xuán yá biān yuán 。
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8.
It is a natural result of this preference that avarice is a widespread failing of the Chinese.
这种偏好自然使得贪财成为中国人一个通病。
zhè zhǒng piān hào zì rán shǐ de tān cái chéng wéi zhōng guó rén yī gè tōng bìng 。
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9.
For young Melbourne, this was at first a near disaster, because every man with dreams of avarice departed for the diggings .
对于年轻的墨尔本来说，这股淘金热起初近似一场灾难，因为每个做发财梦的人都远离家乡，到这里来寻找金矿。
duì yú nián qīng de mò ěr běn lái shuō , zhè gǔ táo jīn rè qǐ chū jìn sì yī chǎng zāi nàn , yīn wèi měi gè zuò fā cái mèng de rén dōu yuǎn lí jiā xiāng , dào zhè lǐ lái xún zhǎo jīn kuàng 。
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10.
SOME men steal out of need or avarice; others kill themselves out of despair, or murder for revenge or gain.
有人因贫穷或贪财而偷窃；有人因绝望而自杀，还有人为报复而谋杀，或是谋财害命。
yǒu rén yīn pín qióng huò tān cái ér tōu qiè ; yǒu rén yīn jué wàng ér zì shā , hái yǒu rén wéi bào fù ér móu shā , huò shì móu cái hài mìng 。
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