avarice: [13] The Latin verb avēre meant ‘covet’. One of its derivatives was the adjective avārus ‘greedy’, from which the noun avāritia was formed. This entered English via Old French avarice. Another of its derivatives was the adjective avidus ‘greedy’ which, as well as being the source of English avid [18], produced, via a hypothetical contracted form *audus, the adjective audax ‘bold’, source of English audacity [15]. => audacity, avid
avarice (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French avarice "greed, covetousness" (12c.), from Latin avaritia "greed," from avarus "greedy," adjectival form of avere "crave, long for."
实用例句
1. Their avarice knows no bounds; you can never satisfy them.
他们贪得无厌, 你永远无法满足他们.
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2. Avarice increases with wealth.
贪心与财富俱增.
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3. Avarice blinds our eyes.
贪婪障人眼.
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4. Avarice is the bane to happiness.
贪婪是损毁幸福的祸根.
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5. He paid a month's rent in advance, just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice.
