mercenary
发音
英 [ˈmɜ:sənəri]
美 [ˈmɜrsəneri]
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- adj.
- 雇用的
- 图利的，唯利是图的
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- n.
- 雇佣兵
- 唯利是图者
单词词源
mercenary 只为金钱的，雇佣兵
来自拉丁语mercari,交易，买卖，词源同market.引申词义买卖的，花钱雇的，词义贬义化，用于指只为金钱的人，最后特用于指雇佣兵。
双语例句
- 1. But in other areas the state looks more mercenary .
- 但是其他领域，国企显得唯利是图了。
- 2. For a full minute , the mercenary couldn 't speak .
- 整整一分钟，雇佣兵没法开口。
- 3. Hirst is a former soldier traumatised during a stint working as a mercenary in yugoslavia .
- 赫斯特从前是个军人，在南斯拉夫做过佣兵，在一次紧急任务中负伤。
- 4. Exasperated marketers argue that confronted with such mercenary consumption patterns , they cannot understand their core markets .
- 营销人被激怒了，他们说：这种唯利是图的消费方式真让人摸不着头脑，这个核心市场到底在哪里啊。
- 5. Doctors are under intense pressure to generate extra income for their hospitals not to mention themselves leading patients to suspect them of practising mercenary medicine .
- 医生们承受着为医院（更不用说为他们自己）创造额外收入的巨大压力，这导致病人怀疑他们在行医时唯利是图。