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单词 fortune-hunting
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ˈfortune-ˌhunting
ˈfortune-ˌhunting n. and adj.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking a wife > seeking heiress as
fortune-stealing1680
fortune-hunting1766
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > action > specific
fortune-hunting1766
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. v. 47 There is no character among men more contemptible than that of a fortune-hunter, and I can see no reason why fortune-hunting women should not be contemptible too.
1793 E. Parsons Woman as she should Be II. 122 Poor Harry..is gone a fortune hunting to India.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 125 [A] fortune-hunting count.
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