"personification of wealth," mid-14c., from Late Latin mammona, from Greek mamonas, from Aramaic mamona, mamon "riches, gain;" left untranslated in Greek New Testament (e.g. Matt. vi:24, Luke xvi:9-13) retained in the Vulgate, and regarded mistakenly by medieval Christians as the name of a demon.
雙語例句
1. It taught only materialism, the gospel of mammon.
它只是宣揚(yáng)金錢至上的物欲主義。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It is not every day that one meets a business-person who is not obsessed with Mammon.
不貪財(cái)?shù)纳馊丝捎霾豢汕蟆?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句
3. It was possible to serve God and Mammon at the same time.
敬上帝與拜財(cái)神可以并行不悖.
來自辭典例句
4. I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.
我得盡量謙卑一些,好博得這位老謀深算的惡神的好感.
來自辭典例句
5. He believes that our society teaches young people to worship Mammon.