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avarice    音标拼音: ['ævɚəs]
n. 贪财,贪婪

贪财,贪婪

avarice
n 1: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [synonym: {avarice},
{greed}, {covetousness}, {rapacity}, {avaritia}]
2: extreme greed for material wealth [synonym: {avarice},
{avariciousness}, {covetousness}, {cupidity}]

Avarice \Av"a*rice\ ([a^]v"[.a]*r[i^]s), n. [F. avaritia, fr.
avarus avaricious, prob. fr. av[=e]re to covet, fr. a root av
to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. 'a`menai, 'a^sai, to satiate,
Skr. av to satiate one's self, rejoice, protect.]
1. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness for
wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
[1913 Webster]

To desire money for its own sake, and in order to
hoard it up, is avarice. --Beattie.
[1913 Webster]

2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good.
[1913 Webster]

All are taught an avarice of praise. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]

68 Moby Thesaurus words for "avarice":
acedia, acquisitiveness, anger, avariciousness, avaritia, avidity,
avidness, cheapness, closefistedness, closeness, covetousness,
craving, cupidity, deadly sin, desire, envy, frenzy of desire,
frugality, fury of desire, gluttony, grasping, graspingness, greed,
greediness, gula, hardfistedness, hoarding, hoggishness,
illiberality, incontinence, inordinate desire, insatiability,
insatiable desire, intemperateness, invidia, ira, itching palm,
lust, luxuria, meanness, miserliness, nearness, niggardliness,
overgreediness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching,
penuriousness, piggishness, pride, rapaciousness, rapacity,
ravenousness, selfishness, sloth, sordidness, stinginess, superbia,
swinishness, thrift, tight purse strings, tightfistedness,
tightness, ungenerosity, voraciousness, voracity, wolfishness,
wrath


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  • AVARICE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of AVARICE is excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or profit : greediness, cupidity How to use avarice in a sentence Word History of <span class
  • AVARICE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
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  • AVARICE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
    AVARICE meaning: 1 an extremely strong wish to get or keep money or possessions: 2 an extremely strong wish to… Learn more
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    Avarice is a fancy word for good old-fashioned greed It's one of what some call "the seven deadly sins "
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    Definition of avarice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
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  • Avarice Meaning, Definition, Synonym Antonym (2025) | BUHAVE
    Avarice is a type of greed, specifically an intense and sometimes obsessive desire to accumulate wealth Greed can refer to wanting more than you need in many areas, including food, power, or attention, while avarice usually centers on money and possessions
  • Avarice Definition Meaning | YourDictionary
    Avarice definition: Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity Origin of Avarice Middle English from Old French from Latin avāritia from avārus greedy from avēre to desire From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”) From Wiktionary
  • Greed - Wikipedia
    Greed (or avarice, Latin: avaritia) is an insatiable desire for material gain (be it food, money, land, or animate inanimate possessions) or social value, such as status or power sometimes at the expense of others in the community





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