mercenary
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A mercenary is a soldier who is paid to fight by a country or group that they do not belong to. 雇傭兵
...the recruitment of foreign mercenaries. …對外籍雇傭兵的招募。
2. ADJ If you describe someone as mercenary, you are criticizing them because you think that they are only interested in the money that they can get from a particular person or situation. 惟利是圖的[表不滿]
"I hate to sound mercenary," Labane said, "but am I getting paid to be in this play of yours?"
“我不願讓自己聽起來惟利是圖,”拉班說:“但是蓡與你這出戯縯出我會得到報酧嗎?”
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mercenary /ˈmɜːsɪnərɪ/ (mercenaries)
剑桥词典
- interested only in the amount of money that you can get from a situation
唯利是圖的,貪財的
He had some mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow . 他有個貪財的計劃,想娶個有錢的寡婦。 返回 mercenary