acquisitive
英 [ə'kwɪzɪtɪv]
美 [ə'kwɪzətɪv]
- adj. 貪得的；想獲得的；可學到的；有獲得可能性的
英文詞源
- acquisitive (adj.)
- 1630s, "owned through acquisition," from Latin acquisit-, past participle stem of acquirere (see acquisition) + -ive. Meaning "given to acquisition, avaricious" is from 1826 (implied in acquisitiveness). Related: Acquisitively (1590s).
雙語例句
- 1. The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
- 最貪得無厭的公司往往是工程隊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed.
- 在一個貪婪的社會裏,貪財是自私自利的突出表現形式.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. We live in an acquisitive society.
- 我們生活在一個物欲橫流的社會。
來自辭典例句
- 4. They're the by - product of an acquisitive society , refuse, that's all.
- 他們是一個貪婪的社會的 副產品, 是些渣滓而已.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Its inhabitants , by nature acquisitive and cautious, economical, tenacious, had learnt to worship the word'smart ".
- 它的成員, 盡管天性貪婪,謹慎, 節儉, 堅韌, 卻學會了崇拜 “ 時髦 ” 這兩個字.
來自辭典例句