venality
发音
How to pronounce venality in British English:
英 [vi:'nælətɪ]
How to pronounce venality in American English:
美 [vi'nælətɪ]
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- Noun:
- prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward
单词词源
- venality (n.)
- 1610s, from French vénalité or directly from Late Latin venalitatem (nominative venalitas) "capability of being bought," from Latin venalis "capable of being bought" (see venal).
双语例句
- 1. Meanwhile , unearthing venality is the latest journalistic pursuit .
- 2. Ask yourself : what has harmed more people on the planet , terrorist brutality or wall street venality ?
- 3. His vision , however impractical , of purging islam and establishing a single islamic caliphate appealed to muslims disgusted by the venality of their own elites .
- 4. Family members have admitted to venality , and mr chen himself sits in jail accused of graft and embezzlement . On may 5th prosecutors filed yet more charges of bribe-taking and influence-peddling .
- 5. Spend a little time with the venality misinformation hysteria and violence that led up to the revolution and the picture becomes murkier .