cupidity

相关例句

• Did I uncover evidence of cupidity among our would-be legislators?(我是否找到这些未来议员们贪财的一些证据呢？)
• At the sight of the diamond, her eyes sparkled with cupidity.(一看到那颗钻石，她眼中就露出贪婪的目光。)
• As the king's cupidity and nervousness increased in his last years, he found new ways to squeeze money from his subjects: to keep them, in Henry's own words, "in danger at his pleasure".(当国王的贪婪和紧张不安增强的最后几年里，他找到了新的方式从臣民那里榨取钱财：以亨利自己的话说，“按他之意而让他的臣民处于危险之中”。)
• He was very regretful for his cupidity when he felt very thirsty and wanted to buy a bottle of drink or an ice cream, but he had no money.(当感觉非常口渴，想买瓶饮料或者一个冰激凌，却一分钱没有时，他为自己的贪心而感到后悔。)
• The eyes of the merchant were full of cupidity.(那个商人的眼里满是贪婪。)
• Your strongest allegiance is to your own cupidity.(你对贪婪的忠诚才是最坚定的。)
• We endured half a decade of stupidity, cupidity and the slow strangulation of dreams.(我们经历了五年的愚昧，贪婪，还有对梦想的慢性压制。)
• I am now frequently astounded by human beings' cupidity to amass fortune at the cost of conscience.(我经常被人类以良心为代价敛财的贪婪心理所震惊。)
• Civilisation after civilisation had been brought down by the cupidity and ignorance of Kings.(所以，这些是人类自身造成的，文明的更替已经被这些国王的贪婪和无知摧毁。)
• If one can not conquer cupidity inside him or her, one may become a victim in the transformation period.(如果是没有从金钱的占有欲面前超脱的话，他也可能会成为转型期的牺牲品。)