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acquisitive
[英] [əˈkwɪzɪtɪv] [美] [əˈkwɪzɪtɪv] 生词本

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1. ADJ-GRADED 渴望得到的;迫切求取的;贪婪的 If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions. 

  • We live in an acquisitive society...

    我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。

  • The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.

    最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。

acquisitiveness

  • His villa is filled with evidence of his acquisitiveness.

    他的别墅里满是他贪婪成性的证据。

Adjective

1. eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas;

  • "an acquisitive mind"
  • "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
1. 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。

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