acquisitive
英 [ə'kwɪzɪtɪv]
美[ə'kwɪzətɪv]
- adj. 贪得的；想获得的；可学到的；有获得可能性的
词态变化
名词: acquisitiveness;
英英释意
- 1. eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas;
- "an acquisitive mind"
- "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
英文词源
- acquisitive (adj.)
- 1630s, "owned through acquisition," from Latin acquisit-, past participle stem of acquirere (see acquisition) + -ive. Meaning "given to acquisition, avaricious" is from 1826 (implied in acquisitiveness). Related: Acquisitively (1590s).
实用场景例句
- The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
- 最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。
柯林斯例句
- Its inhabitants , by nature acquisitive and cautious, economical, tenacious, had learnt to worship the word'smart ".
- 它的成员, 尽管天性贪婪,谨慎, 节俭, 坚韧, 却学会了崇拜 “ 时髦 ” 这两个字.
辞典例句
- Like many acquisitive conglomerates, it experienced a rapid ascent and sharp fall.
- 像许多贪婪的企业集团一样, 它也经历了大起大落.
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- Until then the British ruling classes had been strong - willed, aggressive and acquisitive.
- 在那之前,英国统治阶级是意志坚强 、 勇往直前和富有进取心的.
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- He is acquisitive of wealth.
- 他渴望当富翁.
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- He an acquisitive collector.
- 他是个贪得无厌的收藏家.
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- His jealous competitors often accuse him of being too acquisitive and of taking away their business.
- 那些嫉妒的对手常常指责他贪得无厌的抢走他们的生意.
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