英 [əˈkwɪzətɪv] 美 [əˈkwɪzətɪv]
adj. 渴望得到的，贪婪的
acquisitive /əˈkwɪzɪtɪv/
形容词 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. 贪得无厌的
We live in an acquisitive society.
我们活在一个贪婪的社会里。
eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
an acquisitive mind ; an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied
... acquisitive 想获得的 bourgeois 中产阶级的人... earthly 地球的 ...
... acquire v. 获得 acquisitive adj. 贪得无厌的；可获利的 acquit v. 宣告无罪 ...
... acquire v. 获得 acquisitive adj. 贪得无厌的；可获利的 acquit v. 宣告无罪 ...
acquisition 获得物，获得
acquisitiveness 占有欲
What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar.
现在的情况是，人们不能像以前那样轻易、公开地完全承认自己的梦想，惟恐别人认为他们爱赶时髦、贪得无厌、庸俗不堪。
Although acquisitive, it avoided big deals before the crash.
即使也是贪得无厌，它在危机到来之前也避免了大手笔的交易。
We have become extremely acquisitive in a way our forebears never were.
我们变得极度的贪得无厌。而我们的先人们从不这样。
Cephalus has spent his life in the acquisitive arts.
如我们所知，Cephalus，，we，learn，终其一生都在从事贪得无厌的艺术。
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