Avaricious

(adj.) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; 'they are avaricious and will do anything for money'; 'casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields'; 'a grasping old miser'; 'grasping commercialism'; 'greedy for money and power'; 'grew richer and greedier'; 'prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees' .

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• Of all changes, he said, there is none so speedy or so sure as the conversion of the ambitious youth into the avaricious one. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• And the avaricious, I said, is the oligarchical youth? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But thou promised to teach us all thy arts for the money we pay thee, objected Hielman, who was of an avaricious turn of mind. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• How I had a grasping, avaricious wish to shut out everybody from her but myself, and to be all in all to her, at that unseasonable time of all times. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Ill-treating the boys, you covetous, avaricious, in-sa-ti-a-ble old fence? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• They both agreed in calling him an old screw; which means a very stingy, avaricious person. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And did you ever hear that my father was an avaricious, grasping man? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It was not in places of general resort, or where their equals were assembled, that any avaricious or malevolent noble durst offer him injury. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• As he advances in years he grows avaricious, for he has lost philosophy, which is the only saviour and guardian of men. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Last of all take notice, Pa, that it's not the fruit of any avaricious scheme. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Give it here, you avaricious old skeleton, give it here! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I am not an avaricious or interested man, but the world thinks of these things--and Polly will be rich. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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