acquisitive
英 [əˈkwɪz.ɪ.tɪv]
美 [əˈkwɪz.ə.t̬ɪv]
- adj. 贪得的;想获得的;可学到的;有获得可能性的
为了记忆“acquisitive”,可以将它分解为“acquire”(获得)和“-itive”(形容词后缀,表示具有……性质的)。想象一个具有强烈“获得”欲望的人或事物,因此“acquisitive”可以理解为具有获取、贪婪性质的。简而言之,记忆方法为:“像‘获得’一样,‘acquisitive’意味着具有获取或贪婪的特性。”
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- acquisitive (adj.)
- 1630s, "owned through acquisition," from Latin acquisit-, past participle stem of acquirere (see acquisition) + -ive. Meaning "given to acquisition, avaricious" is from 1826 (implied in acquisitiveness). Related: Acquisitively (1590s).
- 1. The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
- 最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。
- 2. 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.
- 3. We live in an acquisitive society.
- 我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。
- 4. They're the by - product of an acquisitive society , refuse, that's all.
- 他们是一个贪婪的社会的 副产品, 是些渣滓而已.
- 5. Its inhabitants , by nature acquisitive and cautious, economical, tenacious, had learnt to worship the word'smart ".
- 它的成员, 尽管天性贪婪,谨慎, 节俭, 坚韧, 却学会了崇拜 “ 时髦 ” 这两个字.