venal

英 [ˈviːnl]

美 [ˈviːnl]

adj.  贪赃枉法的; 见利忘义的

GRE经济

BNC.36451 / COCA.27972

牛津词典

adj.

• 贪赃枉法的；见利忘义的
  prepared to do dishonest or immoral things in return for money
  1. venal journalists
     唯利是图的记者

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贪财的;腐败的;贪赃枉法的;唯利是图的
  If you describe someone asvenal, you disapprove of them because they are prepared to do almost anything in return for money, even things which are dishonest or immoral.
  1. Ian Trimmer is corrupt and thoroughly venal.
     伊恩·特里默贪污受贿，是个彻头彻尾的贪官。
  2. ...venal politicians.
     贪赃枉法的政客

英英释义

adj

• capable of being corrupted
  1. corruptible judges
  2. dishonest politicians
  3. a purchasable senator
  4. a venal police officer
  Synonym:corruptiblebribabledishonestpurchasable

双语例句

• Like the rest of us, they are ignorant, partial, venal and vain.
  与我们这些凡人一样，他们无知、片面、见利忘义，还爱慕虚荣。
• MPs were shown to be hopelessly out of touch and, in some cases, venal.
  英国议员在丑闻中表现得不可理喻，在某些情况下甚至是贪赃枉法。
• The relationship of the accessory renal artery with the ureter and the inferior venal cava was discussed.
  援引本文材料对肾副动脉与输尿管及下腔静脉的位置关系的临床意义作了初步探讨。
• I never intimidate ordinary folks. I only intimidate those venal officials. I thought the veiled threat of war was bluff.
  我认为那含蓄的战争恫吓是吓唬人的。
• By some chance the little table at which I sat had escaped the eye of incomers, and two vacant chairs at it extended their arms with venal hospitality to the influx of patrons.
  我随意间选坐的一张小桌恰好不为人们所注目，还剩下两把空椅以诱人的殷勤，伸开双臂欢迎新拥进的顾客。
• Ellis was a venal, sly man.
  埃利斯是个贪财、奸诈的人。
• Objective To evaluate the clinical diagnosis value of color Doppler ultrasound by retrospectively analyzing its findings of left renal venal entrapment syndrome.
  目的通过回顾分析23例左肾静脉压迫征，探讨彩超对其诊断价值。
• Corruptible judges; dishonest politicians; a purchasable senator; a venal police officer.
  可收买的法官；可买通的政客；可收买的参议员；可贿赂的警官。
• A venal moving-van company had revealed her address.
  一家唯利是图的搬运汽车公司还是把她的住址泄露了。
• In his film, the heroes assassinate a venal and mendacious cabinet minister, so perhaps the age of fantastical wish-fulfillment is not dead after all.
  在他的电影中，男主人公暗杀了一名腐败且满嘴谎言的内阁大臣，如此看来，梦想成真的空想时代还尚未彻底消亡。