acquisitive
英 [?'kw?z?t?v]
美 [?'kw?z?t?v]
- adj. 貪得的；想獲得的；可學(xué)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(yǔ)例句
- 1. The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
- 最貪得無(wú)厭的公司往往是工程隊(duì)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed.
- 在一個(gè)貪婪的社會(huì)里,貪財(cái)是自私自利的突出表現(xiàn)形式.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. We live in an acquisitive society.
- 我們生活在一個(gè)物欲橫流的社會(huì)。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. They're the by - product of an acquisitive society , refuse, that's all.
- 他們是一個(gè)貪婪的社會(huì)的 副產(chǎn)品, 是些渣滓而已.
來(lái)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(jǐn)慎, 節(jié)儉, 堅(jiān)韌, 卻學(xué)會(huì)了崇拜 “ 時(shí)髦 ” 這兩個(gè)字.
來(lái)自辭典例句