mercenary

美音：['mɜrs(ə)n.eri] 英音：['mɜː(r)s(ə)n(ə)ri]

简单释义：

adj.只为金钱的

n.雇佣兵

网络唯利是图的；雇佣军；惟利是图的

变形：

复数：mercenaries

完整释义：

1.(外国的)雇佣兵

adj.

1.图利的,为了金钱工作的;被雇佣的
2.唯利是图,财迷心窍,贪图钱财的

例句：

The custom had its origin in the fact that mercenary soldiers of old had no real enmity toward their opponents.
这惯例是源自以前的佣兵制，那时候的士兵对于敌对者并没真正仇恨。
Online dating sites, whatever their more mercenary motives, draw on the premise that there has got to be a better way.
且不论在线相亲网站唯利是图的动机，单就他们“一定有更好的方法”的前提来看。
Hoodwinked by a Trade Federation-hired mercenary named Vana Sage, Nym was captured trying to fence a cache of secret weapons.
他被贸易联邦雇佣的赏金猎人瓦娜·塞奇骗了。尼姆因涉嫌藏匿一箱秘密武器而被捕。
Ultimately, it is the mercenary nature of people that causes financial crises, and this one is no exception.
归根结底，造成金融危机的，是人类唯利是图的本性，这次也不例外。
Louis XIV was running short of seasoned troops and was in the market for a good mercenary army.
路易十四（LouisXIV）耗光了经验丰富的军队，现在正寻找优秀的雇佣军。
In the war between Mongolian and Song, they were numbers of mercenary armies of South Song.
蒙古与宋战争期间，南宋曾利用这些人组建雇佣军，用以抵抗蒙古人。
I know Mermaid Xiaoyuer regard as the spiritual home of a dream, do not let this home business, become a mercenary place.
我知道小鱼儿把美人鱼当做了一个梦想中的精神家园，不想让这个家园商业化，变成一个充满铜臭的地方。
His long dark history as a mercenary in Africa, from 1961 onwards, had blurred everything about him.
自从1961年，得纳德先生就开始了其在非洲作为一名雇佣兵的黑暗的历史长篇，这也让关于他的一切事实都模糊不清。

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