mercenary

英 [ˈmɜːsənəri]

美 [ˈmɜːrsəneri]

n.  雇佣兵
adj.  只为金钱的

复数：mercenaries　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.15091 / COCA.14838

牛津词典

noun

• 雇佣兵
  a soldier who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
  1. foreign mercenaries
     外国雇佣兵
  2. mercenary soldiers
     雇佣兵

adj.

• 只为金钱的
  only interested in making or getting money
  1. a mercenary society/attitude
     唯利是图的社会 / 态度
  2. She's interested in him for purely mercenary reasons.
     她对他感兴趣完全是为了贪图金钱。

柯林斯词典

• (外籍)雇佣兵
  Amercenaryis a soldier who is paid to fight by a country or group that they do not belong to.
• 唯利是图的;见钱眼开的
  If you describe someone asmercenary, you are criticizing them because you think that they are only interested in the money that they can get from a particular person or situation.

双语例句

• The mercenary troops are embarking on New Adventures there.
  这支雇佣军正在那里干新的冒险勾当。
• Arranged or mercenary marriage and any other acts of interference with the freedom of marriage are forbidden.
  包办、买卖婚姻和其他任何干涉婚姻自由的行为都是被禁止的。
• With men of such a mercenary nature?
  与这样一个唯利是图的人？
• Marauder is an outlaw or mercenary paid or sustained by looting.
  依靠掠夺发财（或谋生）的亡命之徒（或雇佣兵）。
• This approach may seem mercenary.
  这个策略可能显得唯利是图。
• His motives are entirely mercenary.
  他的动机完全是金钱上的。
• They suggest that my motives for proposing reform are self-serving and mercenary.
  他们暗示说我之所以提议改革是贪图金钱，想谋取私利。
• His action was prompted by mercenary motives.
  贪图钱财的动机促使他采取行动。
• He has a mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow.
  他有个贪财的企图，去和一个有钱的寡妇结婚。
• I get the feeling that she doesn't like us mercenary types much.
  我觉得她并不是很喜欢我们这种佣兵型的。