acquisitive
英 [?'kw?z?t?v]
美[?'kw?z?t?v]
- adj. 贪得的；想获得的；可学到的；有获得可能性的
GRE
词态变化
名词:?acquisitiveness;
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).
双语例句
- 1. The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
- 最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed.
- 在一个贪婪的社会里,贪财是自私自利的突出表现形式.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. We live in an acquisitive society.
- 我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。
来自辞典例句
- 4. They're the by - product of an acquisitive society , refuse, that's all.
- 他们是一个贪婪的社会的 副产品, 是些渣滓而已.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句