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单词 venal
释义
venalve‧nal /ˈviːnl/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINvenal
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin venalis, from venum ‘sale’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a venal tyrant
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Ezra can be mistaken - more thoroughly mistaken than most people - but he has never been venal.
  • He was not to mention the matter of money to the press: that would be too venal.
  • The law courts are venal and can take decades to decide a case.
willing to use power and influence in a dishonest way in return for money:  our venal politiciansvenality /viːˈnæləti/ noun [uncountable]:  His venality has discredited Parliament.
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