venality
n. 唯利是图；贪赃枉法；受贿
n.
贪赃枉法，腐败；
英英释义
venality[ vi:'næləti ]
n.prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
Nations at peace still have rape, they still have murder, and they most certainly still have corruption and venality.
和平的国家也会有强奸，也会有谋杀，也肯定会有腐败和唯利是图的人。
权威例句
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Logos--vanity or venality?
Venality: The Sale of Offices in Eighteenth-Century France
Soviet venality: A rent-seeking model of the communist state
Slavery and the Venality of the July Monarchy Press
The venality of human body parts and products in French law and common law.
Metropolitan Clerks and Venality in Qing China: The Great 1830 Forgery Case
Sensuality and venality in Bangkok: The dynamics of cross‐cultural mapping of prostitution
The Lineage of Lady Meed: The Development of Mediaeval Venality Satire
Economic rationality and ethical behaviour: ethical business between venality and sacrifice
WAR FINANCE AND ABSOLUTIST STATE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: AN EXAMINATION OF FRENCH VENALITY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
venality (n.)
1610s, from French vénalité or directly from Late Latin venalitatem (nominative venalitas) "capability of being bought," from Latin venalis "capable of being bought" (see venal).
1. On the contrary, vanity more than venality was the problem at the top in Egypt.
相反，埃及高官们虽然都爱财如命，但是却更爱慕虚荣，这正是埃及的问题之所在。
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2. His defence team tried to argue that his fault was naive garrulousness rather than venality.
他的辩护律师团争辩说，他的过失只是天真的多嘴多舌，而不是见利忘义。
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3. Some applaud this as a clever way to get round congressional venality (much as a similar commission managed to close military bases in the past), but sceptics are unconvinced.
一些人称赞这不失为避免国会滥用职权的明智方式(这很像过去设法关闭军事基地的类似委员会)，但是怀疑者们不以为然。
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4. Some applaud this as a clever way to get round congressional venality (much as a similar commission managed to close military bases in the past), but sceptics are unconvinced.
一些人称赞这不失为避免国会滥用职权的明智方式(这很像过去设法关闭军事基地的类似委员会)，但是怀疑者们不以为然。
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5. His isolation from reality, the now rapidly increasing venality of his family and regime and his lack
他不谙世事，他的家族及统治集团贪污受贿成风，他在应对世界时缺乏判断力，这一切都导致他最终的毁灭。
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6. characteristic of Praetorian soldiers in respect to corruption or political venality.
就腐败或者政治上受贿赂而言，具有古罗马禁卫军的特点。
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7. Adam affirms that seeking self- interest, which is different from egoism or venality, possesses the legitimate
亚当·斯密肯定自利追求具有正当的道德价值 ,也是具有一定合理性的价值判断 ,与倡导自私自利和唯利是图并不是一回事 ;
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8. He not only affronted the town with insinuations of venality on the part of men in high places and slurs
他与亚特兰大人作对时，不仅暗示那些身居高位的人贪污受贿，在前方的人也胆小厌战，而且幸灾乐祸地施展手段，叫一般体面的市民也处于十分尴尬的境地。
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