avaricious
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其他形式[编辑]
- avaritious (弃用)
- avaricius (弃用)
词源[编辑]
源自中古英語 avaricious,源自古法語 avaricieux,源自avarice,源自拉丁語 avaritia (“贪婪”),源自avarus (“贪婪的”),源自avere (“觊觎”)。
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avaricious (比較級 more avaricious,最高級 most avaricious)
- 贪婪的,贪得无厌的
- 1835, Robert Montgomery Bird, The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow:
- In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
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- Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “avaricious”, 《在线词源词典》(Online Etymology Dictionary)