• n. 貪婪，貪財

來自拉丁詞avere, 渴望，詞源同avid.

avarice

avarice: [13] The Latin verb avēre meant ‘covet’. One of its derivatives was the adjective avārus ‘greedy’, from which the noun avāritia was formed. This entered English via Old French avarice. Another of its derivatives was the adjective avidus ‘greedy’ which, as well as being the source of English avid [18], produced, via a hypothetical contracted form *audus, the adjective audax ‘bold’, source of English audacity [15].
=> audacity, avid

avarice (n.)

c. 1300, from Old French avarice "greed, covetousness" (12c.), from Latin avaritia "greed," from avarus "greedy," adjectival form of avere "crave, long for."

1. Their avarice knows no bounds; you can never satisfy them.

他們貪得無厭, 你永遠無法滿足他們.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. Avarice increases with wealth.

貪心與財富俱增.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Avarice blinds our eyes.

貪婪障人眼.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Avarice is the bane to happiness.

貪婪是損毀幸福的禍根.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. He paid a month's rent in advance, just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice.

他預交了一個月的房租，正好滿足房東的貪心。

來自柯林斯例句