cupidity
/kyoo-pid-i-tee/US // kyuˈpɪd ɪ ti //UK // (kjuːˈpɪdɪtɪ) //
利欲心,利欲熏心,利欲主义,利欲薰心
Related Words
longing憧憬,渴望,欲望,思念eagerness殷切期望,渴望,殷勤,急切盼望voracity勇气,顽强,勇气可嘉,无畏hunger饥饿,饥饿感,饥饿症,饥荒rapacity肆意妄为,贪婪,肆意挥霍,暴利acquisitiveness获得性,购置力,收购力,收购性lust欲望,淫欲,情欲,色欲yearning渴望,眷恋,欲望,思念avarice贪婪,贪欲,贪心,贪污passion激情,热情,热忱,热诚infatuation痴情,痴心,痴迷,痴心妄想avidity热心,狂热,热忱,渴望rapaciousness贪婪,贪婪性,贪欲,贪婪之心covetousness贪婪,贪心,贪欲,贪婪之心craving渴望,欲望,愿望,瘾头avariciousness贪婪,贪婪性,贪欲,贪婪之心greediness贪婪,贪婪性,贪心,贪欲itching瘙痒,瘙痒症,痒痒,瘙痒感possessiveness占有欲,占有欲强,占有欲强的人,占有欲强的graspingness掌握性,掌握,抓紧时间,掌握程度
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
That maybe it’s not selfish cupidity that limits the application of the title.
The cupidity of a man had evidently led him to collect together these odds and ends, and try to turn them to profitable account.
He rushed with ravenous eagerness at every bait which was offered to his cupidity.
This colorless face expressed patience, commercial shrewdness, and the sort of wily cupidity which is needful in business.
These two, by an instinct quick as lightning, saw the means of gratifying at one blow their cupidity and hate.
Don Jose has worked on the fears or the cupidity of this drunken ingrate.
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