中文翻译与英英解释 | adj.
图利的，为了金钱工作的；被雇佣的。 mercenary attitude 雇佣观念。
n.
(外国的)雇佣兵(＝ mercenary troops)。
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| a person hired to fight for another country than their own
同义词：soldier of fortune,
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| profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
同义词：mercantile, moneymaking,
| | serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers"
同义词：free-lance, freelance,
| | marked by materialism
同义词：materialistic, worldly-minded,
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| A mercenaryAlso sometimes informally known as soldier of fortune is a person who takes part in an armed conflict, who is not a national or a party to the conflict and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or paid to combatants of similar ranks and functions in the armed forces of that Party".Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol 1) Article 47"" in Webster's Dictionary. |
例句与用法 | 1. | He will tell you i am mercenary .
他会对你说，我是财迷心窍。
| | 2. | Besides, her object was not purely mercenary .
此外，她所追求的目的不单纯是为了金钱。
| | 3. | The local population is kept under by a brutal army of mercenaries .
当地居民被野蛮的雇佣军欺压。
| | 4. | This put her affection out of suspicion of mercenary ends .
这样就可以使她的爱不至于沾染上有所贪图的色彩。
| | 5. | The doctor thought it very vulgar to be precipitate in accusing people of mercenary motives .
医生认为不分青红皂白把别人斥为抱有贪图钱财的动机反而会显出自己的庸俗。
| | 6. | 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。
| | 7. | I am an assassin for hire . a mercenary
我是一个刺客，给钱的话让我杀谁都可以。
| | 8. | My job was a front for a mercenary organization ,
我是在为一帮唯利是图的人工作
| | 9. | But not as mercenaries for future services
不过为了将来不能把他们变成雇佣军
| | 10. | With the royal marines , turned mercenary and traitor
现在是雇佣兵和叛国者
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