| 单词 | avaricious |
| 释义 | avaricious (once / 3749 pages) adj Someone who is avaricious is greedy or grasping, concerned with gaining wealth. The suggestion is that an avaricious person will do anything to achieve material gain, and it is, in general, not a pleasant attribute. The Latin verb avēre, meaning "to crave" provides the groundwork for the word avaricious and its definition as "greedy or covetous." The adjective is applied to anyone who "craves" great wealth, and suggests that desire for personal gain is an overriding influence in the avaricious person's life. The widespread quality of this selfishness was cleverly noted by Voltaire, who wrote, “Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.” WORD FAMILYavaricious: avariciously, avariciousness+/avarice: avarices, avaricious USAGE EXAMPLESPrevious—and poorer, less avaricious—presidents approached such matters like Caesar’s wife, so they would be beyond reproach on issues of conflict of interest. Time(Dec 23, 2016) In contrast, today’s widely held caricature of an avaricious, selfish and manipulative crook is to me just plain wrong. Seattle Times(Nov 05, 2016) A best-seller code, packaged and licensed to wannabe authors and ambitious/avaricious/or some such publishing houses, could be very useful. The New Yorker(Sep 23, 2016) adj immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth they are avaricious and will do anything for money Syn covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile acquisitive eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
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