Cupidity
[ kju'pɪdəti ]
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n. 贪财，贪心;
💡 词根助记
cupid(us)渴望+ity表具备某种性质 → 渴望更多 → 贪财，贪心
📝 例句
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages.
表现出嫉妒的贪婪；痛苦的渴望着他人的优势。
Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.
贪婪对财富的不正常的渴求；贪婪
"I hope it may be so," replied Caderousse, his face flushed with cupidity.
“我也希望如此。”卡德鲁斯回答，他的脸上闪耀着希望和贪欲的红光。
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。
Blinded by cupidity; obsessed with the desire for gain; overcome by covetousness
利欲熏心
🌱 联想助记
【记】※cupid-丘比特,cupidity-贪婪:丘比特之箭从来不射向贪心的人
※cup-杯子,idi-谐音“一滴”,ty-谐音“tea茶”:贪婪的连杯子里的一滴茶也不放过
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
cupidity
n[U]
(fml 文) greed, esp for money or possessions 贪婪; （尤指）贪财物.
🔁 扩展释义
*[kju:'piditi]n. 贪心, 贪婪
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I care about the school buildings in need of paint.
我关心学校的建筑物需要粉刷。
He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour.
吃过苦头，才配享受。
Unlike most of his contemporaries in Hollywood, Hart actually knew something of the old West.
哈特与大部分同时代在好莱坞的演员不同，他确实了解西部早期拓荒生活的一些情况。