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English translation for "cupidity"

 
n.
贪欲,贪婪。
Example Sentences:
1.There was a glimmer of cupidity in those small, cunning eyes of his .
他狡猾的小眼睛里露出了一丝贪婪的神情。
2.It certainly was not worth while to throw a veil of innocence over such palpable human cupidity .
要在这么露骨的人类的贪婪性之上加以无辜的面纱当然是不值得的。
3." i hope it may be so , " replied caderousse , his face flushed with cupidity
“我也希望如此。 ”卡德鲁斯回答,他的脸上闪耀着希望和贪欲的红光。
4.It certainly was not worth while to throw a veil of innocence over such palpable human cupidity
要在这么露骨的人类的贪婪性之上加以无辜的面网,也当然是不值得的。
5.I never saw such an expression of cupidity as the flickering lamp revealed in those two countenances
跳动的灯光照亮了那两张脸,我从没在人的脸上看到过那种贪婪的表情。
6.At the sight of the diamond , which was as large as a hazel - nut , la carconte s eyes sparkled with cupidity .
一看到那颗象榛子般大的钻石,卡康脱女人立刻显露出贪婪的目光。 ”
7.Amongst us a simpleton , possessed by the demon of hate or cupidity , who has an enemy to destroy , or some near relation to dispose of , goes straight to the grocer s or druggist s , gives a false name , which leads more easily to his detection than his real one , and under the pretext that the rats prevent him from sleeping , purchases five or six grammes of arsenic - if he is really a cunning fellow , he goes to five or six different druggists or grocers , and thereby becomes only five or six times more easily traced ; - then , when he has acquired his specific , he administers duly to his enemy , or near kinsman , a dose of arsenic which would make a mammoth or mastodon burst , and which , without rhyme or reason , makes his victim utter groans which alarm the entire neighborhood
在我们的人社会里,一个傻瓜要是心里怀有仇恨或动了贪念,想除掉一个仇人或除去一个近亲,他就会径自跑到杂货店或药房里,借口老鼠吵得他无法睡觉,要买五六克砒霜,他还会捏造一个假名字,而那却比真名字更容易被识破,假如他真是一个狡猾的家伙,他就会分别到五六家不同的药房或杂货店里去买,因此,当追踪线索的时候,就更容易了五六倍。然后,当他弄到他想要的东西以后,他就莽莽撞撞地给他的仇人或近亲吃一付砒霜,其份量之重,就是古代的巨象或恐吃了也会五脏崩裂的,就这样毫无意义地使他的受害者在那里呻吟,以致惊动了四邻。
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