单词 | power hunger |
释义 | > as lemmaspower hunger power hunger n. ΚΠ 1918 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 14 Aug. 6/1 A new peace hunger is evident in Germany. Its pangs are made poignant by food hunger. And both are becoming too strong for the old German land and power hunger. 1946 ‘G. Orwell’ James Burnham 17 He seems to assume that power-hunger..is a natural instinct. 1988 P. Fussell Power of Facing Unpleasant Facts in Thank God for Atom Bomb (1990) 99 One thing that's not at all clear is what reasons other than self-importance and power-hunger Ms. Dworkin has for expecting criticism to be more respectful toward her political ideas than to any other person's. < as lemmas |
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