mercenary

英 [ˈmɜːsənəri]

美 [ˈmɜːrsəneri]

n.  雇佣兵
adj.  只为金钱的

复数：mercenaries　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.15091 / COCA.14838

牛津词典

noun

• 雇佣兵
  a soldier who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
  1. foreign mercenaries
     外国雇佣兵
  2. mercenary soldiers
     雇佣兵

adj.

• 只为金钱的
  only interested in making or getting money
  1. a mercenary society/attitude
     唯利是图的社会 / 态度
  2. She's interested in him for purely mercenary reasons.
     她对他感兴趣完全是为了贪图金钱。

柯林斯词典

• (外籍)雇佣兵
  Amercenaryis a soldier who is paid to fight by a country or group that they do not belong to.
• 唯利是图的;见钱眼开的
  If you describe someone asmercenary, 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.

双语例句

• His motives are entirely mercenary.
  他的动机完全是金钱上的。
• Arranged or mercenary marriage and any other acts of interference with the freedom of marriage are forbidden.
  包办、买卖婚姻和其他任何干涉婚姻自由的行为都是被禁止的。
• He will tell you I am mercenary.
  他会对你说，我是财迷心窍。
• Flash Boys tells what happens when their business and mission collide solidly with Wall Street's mercenary culture.
  这本书主要讲述了他们的业务和使命与华尔街的雇佣兵文化之间产生的强烈碰撞。
• A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin.
  一个雇佣兵卷入了一个任务，完成与否关系到他的亲人的安危。
• It is a mercenary, and I is its master.
  它是个雇佣兵，而我是它主人。
• Marauder is an outlaw or mercenary paid or sustained by looting.
  依靠掠夺发财（或谋生）的亡命之徒（或雇佣兵）。
• French mercenary scalps Cuban soldiers and a mysterious woman bewitches all three protagonists and others, too.
  法国雇佣兵杀害古巴兵和一个谜一样的女人吸引了书中的三位主角以及其他人。
• He has a mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow.
  他有个贪财的企图，去和一个有钱的寡妇结婚。
• This approach may seem mercenary.
  这个策略可能显得唯利是图。