mercenary

英['mɜːsənəri] 美['mɜːrsəneri]
  • adj. 唯利是图的；雇佣的
  • n. 唯利是图的人；雇佣兵
mercenarily mercenariness mercenaries
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. a person hired to fight for another country than their own

Adjective:
  1. marked by materialism

  2. serving for wages in a foreign army;

    "mercenary killers"

  3. profit oriented;

    "a commercial book"
    "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"
    "a mercenary enterprise"
    "a moneymaking business"

双语例句

1. They suggest that my motives for proposing reform are self-serving and mercenary.
他们暗示说我之所以提议改革是贪图金钱，想谋取私利。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.
唯利是图的人胸中没有美德.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Mercenary men lust for wealth.
唯利是图的人贪求财富.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. James is so mercenary that he'd turn in his own mother for the reward money.
詹姆斯太唯利是图了,他为领取赏钱竟出卖了自己的母亲.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Though perhaps that is merely a synonym for mercenary.
尽管这也许不过是惟利是图的一个同义词.

来自飘（部分）

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The captain of a gnome mercenary company is looking for a good supplier of horses and weapons.
      一个唯利是图的侏儒公司的头目正在寻找一个良好的马匹与武器供应源。
    2. Mercenary men lust for wealth.
      唯利是图的人贪求财富。
    3. He sent 4000 mercenary Genoese crossbowmen against the English line.They were cut down by the English longbowmen.
      四千个雇佣的热那亚籍十字弓手奉他命令，向英国阵营进攻，不少死在英国长弓手箭下。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The captain of a gnome mercenary company is looking for a good supplier of horses and weapons.
      一个唯利是图的侏儒公司的头目正在寻找一个良好的马匹与武器供应源。
    2. Mercenary men lust for wealth.
      唯利是图的人贪求财富。
    3. This regiment was entirely composed of mercenary troops.
      这个团完全是由雇佣兵组成的。
    4. A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin.
      一个雇佣兵卷入了一个任务，完成与否关系到他的亲人的安危。

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