venal
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['viːn(ə)l]
- 美式音标 [ˈviː.nəl]
- 国际音标 ['vi:nəl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 貪汙的;用金錢買得的;賄賂的;貪賍枉法的
- n. (Venal)人名;(英)維納爾
词根记忆
- ven(來) + al(看作all)→貪官汙吏對金錢來者不拒→貪汙的
英汉例句
- A venal moving - van company had revealed her address.
一家唯利是圖的搬運汽車公司還是把她的住址泄露了. - Ellis was a venal, sly man.
埃利斯是個貪財 、 奸詐的人. - In Ghana and Cameroon this has allowed venal village chiefs to steal logging revenues.
在加納和喀麥隆,這讓貪賍枉法的村長得以竊取伐木收入. - Ian Trimmer is corrupt and thoroughly venal.
伊恩·特裡默貪汙受賄,是個徹頭徹尾的貪官。 - Venal judges are a disgrace to a country.
貪汙腐敗的法官是國家的恥辱.
词组短语
- venal calculi 腎石病;腎石症
- venal l 唯利是圖的
- Venal practices [法]賄賂行爲
- Venal equinox 春分點
- VENAL ANATOMICA 維諾
短語
英英字典
- A venal person is willing to behave in a way that is not honest or moral in exchange for money.
- If you describe someone as venal, you disapprove of them because they are prepared to do almost anything in return for money, even things that are dishonest or immoral.
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专业释义
- 貪汙的