資料來源 : pyDict
貪心,貪婪
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cupidity \Cu*pid"i*ty\ (k?-p?d"?-t?), n. [F. cupidite, L.
cupiditas, fr. cupidus longing, desiring, fr. cupere to long
for, desire. See {Covet}.]
1. A passionate desire; love. [Obs.]
2. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed
of gain; avarice; covetousness.
With the feelings of political distrust were mingled
those of cupidity and envy, as the Spaniard saw the
fairest provinces of the south still in the hands of
the accursed race of Ishmael. --Prescott.
資料來源 : WordNet®
cupidity
n : extreme greed for material wealth [syn: {avarice}, {avariciousness},
{covetousness}]