avarice

英 ['æv(ə)rɪs] 美 ['ævərɪs]

解释

※ 提供单词"avarice"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

avarice 贪婪

来自拉丁词avere, 渴望，词源同avid.

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."

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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.

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。