acquisitiveness

1. ADJ-GRADED 渴望得到的;迫切求取的;贪婪的
   If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
   1. We live in an acquisitive society...
      我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。
   2. The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
      最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。

1. Its great, memorable works, she argues, came about Because of acquisitiveness, bordering on avarice.
   她指出，恰恰是那近乎贪婪的占有欲引出了那些伟大而难忘的作品。
2. But whatever the psychoanalysis of acquisitiveness, no one can deny that it is one of the great motives especially among the more powerful, for, as I said before, it is one of the infinite motives.
   但不论对占有欲作什么样的精神分析，没人能够否认这是巨大的动机之一特别是对较有权势的人更是如此，因为正如我前面所说，这是一个无休止的动机。
3. But other desires kept them active: four in particular, which we can label acquisitiveness, rivalry, vanity, and love of power.
   但是其他欲望让他们保持积极，尤其是可标签于这四种：占有，竞争，虚荣以及对权力的热爱。
4. But what if people became convinced that acquisitiveness, rather than adding to their happiness, was standing in its way?
   但如果人们都相信，贪得无厌并不会增加他们的幸福，反而会成为幸福的绊脚石，那么广告业将何去何从？
5. Questioner: It is true that society is based on acquisitiveness and ambition;
   问：社会真的是建立在野心及钻营上的吗？
6. I think acquisitiveness is a very fine quality.
   我认为贪得之心是一种非常好的品德。
7. Philosopher says: "To acquisitiveness heart although it can not be sustained Hi."
   哲学家却说：“为利欲的心虽喜却不能持久。”
8. The world would be a happier place than it is if acquisitiveness were always stronger than rivalry.
   如果占有欲总是比竞争欲强烈，那么世界会是一个比现在幸福的地方。
9. Vague answers never contented him. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth ( personified as one of the deadly sins).
   七宗罪之一，对财富的永不满足的渴望。

noun

1. strong desire to acquire and possess