单词 | mercenary |
释义 | mer·ce·nary I. 1. < half a dozen such mercenaries judiciously placed … may turn a cold audience into an enthusiastic one — A.T.Weaver > 2. < the kingdom was now supported … largely by foreign mercenaries and a made-to-order navy — A.L.Kroeber > II. 1. a. < abandoned their high standards and disinterested motives in favor of a mercenary concern over fees — W.T. & Barbara Fitts > < so thoroughly mercenary, so frankly greedy, that there's nothing disagreeable about it — Dashiell Hammett > b. < if a writer's attitude toward his characters and his scene is … as mercenary as an auctioneer's, vulgar and meretricious will his product for ever remain — Willa Cather > 2. a. b. obsolete |
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