| 单词 | mercenary |
| 释义 | mercenary (once / 1213 pages) nadj You might not want to call a mercenary a "hireling" to his face, but a mercenary is, after all, a soldier who gets paid to fight where needed, sometimes taking a heroic stand and other times just wanting payment for fighting. The word mercenary comes from the Latin mercēnārius, "hireling," which defines someone who will do anything in exchange for money. In history, a mercenary was often a fighter who followed the next paycheck, but in recent decades it's also been used for fighters who pursue a good cause in areas where soldiers are in short supply. A synonym for mercenary is "soldier of fortune," and this phrase sometimes glorifies the mercenary, turning the meaning of "fortune" from "cash" to "luck in battle." WORD FAMILYmercenary: mercenaries, mercenarily, unmercenary USAGE EXAMPLESWe wouldn’t be those people bound to travel halfway across the country for awkward gatherings and forced photos, upholding meaningless, mercenary gift exchanges. Salon(Dec 25, 2016) Washington’s troops marched 8 miles downriver before battling Hessian mercenaries in the streets of Trenton. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) These include homegrown Syrian mercenaries who receive cash transferred from Tehran to Damascus. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1n a person hired to fight for another country than their own Syn|Hypo|Hyper soldier of fortune ninja a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu adventurer, venturer a person who enjoys taking risks 2adj profit oriented a mercenary enterprise Syn mercantile, moneymaking commercial connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises 3adj serving for wages in a foreign army mercenary killers Syn free-lance, freelance paid marked by the reception of pay 4adj marked by materialism Syn materialistic, worldly-minded secular, temporal, worldly characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world |
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