| 单词 | mammon |
| 释义 | mammon (once / 35925 pages) n WORD FAMILY mammon: mammons USAGE EXAMPLESScripture tells us you can’t serve both God and mammon. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) But for Peter Salovey, the president of Yale University, the conference's obsession with the present, and with mammon, is short-sighted. BBC(Jan 22, 2016) The gangsters are chiefly motivated by just one god— mammon, the green of dollars bills. Time(Jan 19, 2016) n wealth regarded as an evil influence Hyper wealth, wealthiness the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money Mammon (once / 13221 pages) n WORD FAMILY Mammon: Mammons USAGE EXAMPLESOr have they succumbed, perhaps unconsciously, to the rule of Mammon? BBC(Dec 01, 2016) Evangelicals have called companies like Apple and Disney “corporate bullies,” to whom Mammon matters more than morals. The New Yorker(Apr 25, 2016) How many lives in the name of commerce must be run over on the way to the altar of Mammon? New York Times(Mar 09, 2016) n (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit ye cannot serve God and Mammon Exp imaginary being, imaginary creature a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction |
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