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n. 贪心，贪婪
n.
贪财，贪心；
英英释义
cupidity[ kju:'piditi ]
n.extreme greed for material wealth
同义词：avariceavariciousnesscovetousness
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
He was very regretful for his cupidity when he felt very thirsty and wanted to buy a bottle of drink or an ice cream, but he had no money.
当感觉非常口渴，想买瓶饮料或者一个冰激凌，却一分钱没有时，他为自己的贪心而感到后悔。
Avoid cupidity of money and glory.
避免对金钱和荣誉的贪婪。
There was a glimmer of cupidity in those small, cunning eyes of his.
他狡猾的小眼睛里露出了一丝贪婪的神情。
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cupidity: [15] The Latin verb cupere meant ‘desire’ (related forms such as Sanskrit kup- ‘become agitated’, Church Slavonic kypeti ‘boil’, and Latvian kūpēt ‘boil, steam’ suggest that its underlying notion is ‘agitation’). One of its derivatives was the noun cupīdō ‘desire’, which was used as the name of the Roman god of love – hence English cupid [14]. Another was the adjective cupidus ‘desirous’, which produced the further noun cupiditās, source, perhaps via French, of English cupidity, and also ultimately of English covet. Concupiscence [14] also comes from Latin cupere.=> concupiscence, covet
cupidity (n.)
mid-15c., from Anglo-French cupidite, Middle French cupidité, from Latin cupiditatem (nominative cupiditas) "passionate desire, lust; ambition," from cupidus "eager, passionate," from cupere "to desire" (perhaps cognate with Sanskrit kupyati "bubbles up, becomes agitated," Old Church Slavonic kypeti "to boil," Lithuanian kupeti "to boil over"). Despite the primarily erotic sense of the Latin word, in English cupidity originally, and still especially, means "desire for wealth."
1. His eyes gave him away, shining with cupidity.
他的眼里闪着贪婪的光芒，使他暴露无遗。
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2. The eyes of the merchant were full of cupidity.
那个商人的眼里满是贪婪。
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3. The eyes of the merchant were full of cupidity.
那个商人的眼里满是贪心。
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4. Your strongest allegiance is to your own cupidity.
你对贪婪的忠诚才是最坚定的。
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5. At the sight of the diamond, her eyes sparkled with cupidity.
一看到那颗钻石，她眼中就露出贪婪的目光。
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6. Did I uncover evidence of cupidity among our would-be legislators?
我是否找到这些未来议员们贪财的一些证据呢？
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7. Capitalize on: the cheats capitalized on the cupidity of the customers.
这些骗子利用了消费者贪婪的心理。
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8. We endured half a decade of stupidity, cupidity and the slow strangulation of dreams.
我们经历了五年的愚昧，贪婪，还有对梦想的慢性压制。
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9. It certainly was not worth throw a veil of innocence over such palpable human cupidity.
要在这么露骨的人类的贪婪性之上加以无辜的面网，也当然是不值得的。
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10. Civilisation after civilisation had been brought down by the cupidity and ignorance of Kings.
所以，这些是人类自身造成的，文明的更替已经被这些国王的贪婪和无知摧毁。
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11. I am now frequently astounded by human beings' cupidity to amass fortune at the cost of conscience.
我经常被人类以良心为代价敛财的贪婪心理所震惊。
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12. If one can not conquer cupidity inside him or her, one may become a victim in the transformation period.
如果是没有从金钱的占有欲面前超脱的话，他也可能会成为转型期的牺牲品。
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13. He was very regretful for his cupidity when he felt very thirsty and wanted to buy a bottle of drink or an ice cream, but he had no money.
当感觉非常口渴，想买瓶饮料或者一个冰激凌，却一分钱没有时，他为自己的贪心而感到后悔。
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14. As the king's cupidity and nervousness increased in his last years, he found new ways to squeeze money from his subjects: to keep them, in Henry's own words, "in danger at his pleasure".
当国王的贪婪和紧张不安增强的最后几年里，他找到了新的方式从臣民那里榨取钱财：以亨利自己的话说，“按他之意而让他的臣民处于危险之中”。
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15. As the king's cupidity and nervousness increased in his last years, he found new ways to squeeze money from his subjects: to keep them, in Henry's own words, "in danger at his pleasure".
当国王的贪婪和紧张不安增强的最后几年里，他找到了新的方式从臣民那里榨取钱财：以亨利自己的话说，“按他之意而让他的臣民处于危险之中”。
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