| 单词 | filthy lucre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfilthy lucre filthy lucre n. dishonourable gain; (later in weakened use, esp. humorously) money. [After Hellenistic Greek αἰσχρὸν κέρδος (Titus 1:11; compare quot. 1526); compare post-classical Latin turpe lucrum (Vulgate), perhaps Tyndale's immediate model.] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] renta1225 winningsc1380 profita1382 profity1432 revenue1433 fruitc1450 luck?a1475 improvement1478 apports1481 penny-rent1502 importance1505 filthy lucre1526 rentally1534 entrataa1538 a quick return1583 incoming1596 entratec1599 advenue1600 coming in1600 income1601 intrade1604 intrado1609 ingate1621 audit1625 increment1631 indraught1633 velvet1901 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit as motive > low lucrec1380 advantagea1400 filthy lucre1526 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Titus i. f. cclxxxiijv Teachynge thyngs which they ought nott, because off filthy lucre [Gk. αἰσχροῦ κέρδους χάριν]. 1533 tr. Erasmus Enchiridion Militis Christiani sig. b. j. Bolstryng vp therwith their fylthy lucre [L. lucris turpibus] & tyranny. 1638 G. Langbaine tr. G. Ranchin Rev. Councell Trent ii. iv. 78 What shift can wee use to excuse from dishonest and filthy lucre [Fr. vn gain sale & deshonneste] those things which they call graces expectative. 1758 J. Wesley Let. 24 Aug. (1931) IV. 32 The love of filthy lucre will appear either by the use they make of it or the means of getting it. 1855 A. Trollope Warden xi. 175 No man lived less addicted to filthy lucre than the warden. 1928 A. Huxley Let. 19 July (1969) 301 A considerable sale..and a corresponding quantity of filthy lucre. 2012 Independent 10 Nov. 2/4 The desire to obtain filthy lucre in the midst of an industry-wide advertising slowdown took over. filthy lucre 1. Gain, profit, pecuniary advantage. Now only with unfavourable implication: Gain viewed as a low motive for action; ‘pelf’. filthy lucre: (see filthy adj., n., and adv. Compounds 3); so †foul lucre. †Also plural. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] earningeOE issuea1325 lucrec1380 lucre of gainc1386 return1419 feracityc1420 revenue1427 vantagec1430 afframing1440 revenue1440 availc1449 proventc1451 provenuec1487 rent1513 fardel1523 chevisance1535 gains1546 commodity1577 proceed1578 increasal1601 benefit1606 endowment1615 gaininga1631 superlucration1683 profit1697 bunce1706 making1837 bunt1851 plunder1851 yield1877 recovery1931 earner1970 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] winninga1300 purchasec1325 lucrec1380 chevisancea1400 framing1440 lucring1574 lucrifaction1606 lucration1658 money-making1785 realization1799 money getting1836 capital formation1889 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit as motive > low lucrec1380 advantagea1400 filthy lucre1526 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 172 Þ ei traueilen faste about here owene worldly honour and lucre. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1544 Þus bothe oure þanke & lucre gon a-weye. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xxii. 27 In suynge lucris gredili. 1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 187/2 They shuld have for lucre, favorable Enquestes of comers to the said Feyres. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 19 Preamble For their owne spede and lucre they suffer their ledder to passe untruly coryed. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. U.v Theyr owne handes open for theyr owne propre lucres. 1540 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Flores Aliquot Sententiarum sig. Avjv Preferre dammage afore fowle lucre. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 283 They sel the fruits of their lands with lucre. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G3 Men haue entred into a desire of Learning and knowledge..for lukar and profession. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. viii. 3 His sonnes..turned aside after lucre, and tooke bribes. View more context for this quotation 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ix. 49 The Phenicians, for lucres sake, sailed throughout the world. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 42 From his lov'd Home no Lucre him can draw. View more context for this quotation 1734 G. Berkeley Let. 2 Mar. in Wks. (1871) IV. 215 A greater greediness for lucre than I hope I shall ever have. 1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st lxii. 32 At lucre or renown let others aim. 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 23 Putting lucre out of the question, I am of opinion that we shall gain more influence. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. ii. ii. 193 In the earlier times of Rome the priesthood was a profession, not of lucre, but of honour. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) App. iii. 457 He wrote for lucre the party's speech which he was to deliver in his own person. < as lemmas |
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