英语词汇“avaricious”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	avaricious
释义	Trends of avaricious View usage for: avaricious (ævərɪʃəs) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions. [disapproval] He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed. Synonyms: grasping, greedy, acquisitive, stingy More Synonyms of avaricious avaricious in American English (ˌævəˈrɪʃəs) adjective full of avarice; greedy for riches SIMILAR WORDS: ˈgreedy Derived forms avariciously (ˌavaˈriciously) adverb avariciousness (ˌavaˈriciousness) noun Examples of 'avaricious' in a sentence avaricious Holiday from sordid violence, mean theft, callous brutality, avaricious thieving, sophisticated fraud. Murray, Stephen DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION (2002) Brutal, avaricious, worldly, ugly, fierce -- I think you'd agree, wouldn't you, that by using these adjectives I'm not misrepresentinghim? Howatch, Susan ULTIMATE PRIZES (2002) Understanding only too well the meaning of this avaricious look, she brought out her purse and handed it to him. David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE (2002) (adjective) in the sense of grasping I sacrificed my career so that my avaricious brother could succeed. Synonyms grasping She is a grasping and manipulative young woman. greedy He attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big pay rises. acquisitive We live in an acquisitive society. stingy My dad was stingy with pocket money. mean Don't be mean with the fabric, or the curtains will end up looking skimpy. miserable rapacious He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup. penny-pinching small-minded, penny-pinching administrators parsimonious the stereotype of the dour and parsimonious Scotsman miserly He is miserly with both his time and his money. niggardly Officials say the EU is being particularly niggardly with these funds. covetous His sports car was attracting covetous stares. penurious close-fisted tight-arsed (taboo, slang) tight-assed (US, taboo, slang) snoep (South Africa, informal) tight as a duck's arse (taboo, slang) Additional synonyms in the sense of acquisitive Definition eager to gain material possessions We live in an acquisitive society. Synonyms greedy, grabbing, grasping, hungry, selfish, avid, predatory, rapacious, avaricious, desirous, covetous in the sense of covetous Definition jealously longing to possess something His sports car was attracting covetous stares. Synonyms envious, jealous, yearning, greedy, acquisitive, rapacious, avaricious, grasping, mercenary in the sense of greedy Definition having an excessive desire for something, such as food or money He attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big pay rises. Synonyms avaricious, grasping, selfish, insatiable, acquisitive, rapacious, materialistic, desirous, covetous Nearby words of avaricious avalanche avant-garde avarice avaricious avenge avenue aver Synonyms of 'avaricious' avaricious Explore 'avaricious' in the dictionary
随便看	incongruous incongruously incongruousness inconie in conjunction in conjunction with in connection with inconnu inconnue in conscience inconscient inconsciently inconscionable inconscious inconsecutive inconsecutively inconsecutiveness in consequence inconsequence in consequence, as a consequence in-consequence-as-a-consequence in consequence (of) in-consequence-of inconsequent inconsequential

　

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