mercenary
mercenary
[ˈməːsɪn(ə)ri]
adjective
mercenariness
noun
语源
[ˈməːsɪn(ə)ri]
adjective
- (of a person or their behaviour) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics
（人，行为）以金钱为目的的，唯利是图的，贪财的
she's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger.
她只不过是个唯利是图的用色相骗钱的小女人。
- a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
外国雇佣兵
■a person primarily concerned with material reward at the expense of ethics
金钱至上者，唯利是图者
cricket's most infamous mercenary.
板球界最臭名昭著的唯利是图者。
mercenariness
noun
语源
- late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin mercenarius 'hireling', from merces, merced- 'reward'
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