cupidity的用法和樣例:
例句
用作名詞 (n.)
- He was very regretful for his cupidity when he felt very thirsty and wanted to buy a bottle of drink or an ice cream, but he had no money.
當感覺非常口渴,想買瓶飲料或者一個冰激凌,卻一分錢沒有時,他為自己的貪心而感到後悔。 - Avoid cupidity of money and glory.
避免對金錢和榮譽的貪婪。 - There was a glimmer of cupidity in those small, cunning eyes of his.
他狡猾的小眼睛里露出了一絲貪婪的神情。
經典引文
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She had a variety of..brilliant hair-ribbons; and I..desired them with hopeless cupidity.
出自: W. Golding
cupidity的相關資料:
近反義詞
【近義詞】
- greed 貪心
- thirst 渴望
- avarice 貪財
- materialism 唯物主義
- rapacity 掠奪
- acquisitiveness 可得到
- greediness 貪吃
- avidity 渴望
- avariciousness 貪心
- covetousness 妄羨