acquisitive

英 [əˈkwɪzətɪv]

美 [əˈkwɪzətɪv]

adj.  渴求获取财物的; 贪婪的

CET6TOEFLGRE法律

BNC.23098 / COCA.28517

牛津词典

adj.

• 渴求获取财物的；贪婪的
  wanting very much to buy or get new possessions

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 渴望得到的;迫切求取的;贪婪的
  If you describe a person or an organization asacquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
  1. We live in an acquisitive society...
     我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。
  2. The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
     最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。

英英释义

adj

• eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
  1. an acquisitive mind
  2. an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied

双语例句

• He's a very acquisitive sort of person.
  他是那种贪得无厌的人。
• We live in an acquisitive society which views success primarily in terms of material possessions.
  我们生活在一个主要以物质财富来衡量成功的贪婪的社会里。
• In acquisitive system of state-owned property, there is a balance problem between personal and state's benefit, and acquisit.
  在国有财产取得制度中，存在着国家利益与个人利益之间的利益衡量问题。
• Big Oil has cast an acquisitive eye on east Africa.
  大型石油公司将收购的目光投向了东非。
• They could reap the profits of land speculation by selling this farmland to rich and acquisitive landlords.
  他们可以把土地转卖给那些富有而又极想扩大自己土地的地主，从中赚取土地投机的利润。
• His jealous competitors often accuse him of being too acquisitive and of taking away their business.
  那些嫉妒的对手经常指责他贪得无厌的抢走他们的生意。
• Japanese firms can afford to be so acquisitive because, unlike companies elsewhere, they are flush with cash.
  日本公司能够支付得起如此多的交易是因为，它们和其它地区的公司不同，它们手中现金充足。
• We live in an acquisitive society
  我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。
• We see this as the creation of a Russian BHP Billiton; publicly-quoted, diversified and acquisitive.
  我们是在建立一家俄罗斯的必和必拓&公开上市，业务多元化，并且积极收购。
• Like many acquisitive conglomerates, it experienced a rapid ascent and sharp fall.
  像许多贪婪的企业集团一样，它也经历了大起大落。