| 单词 | cupidity |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [kju(:)'piditi] |
| 解释 | n.贪婪 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 贪婪 (strong desire for wealth; avarice; greed) 【记】 参考：covet(贪求)； Cupid(丘比特)是罗马 神话中的爱神，爱神 引起人们对爱情的'贪婪' |
| 字源 | cupidity (n.) mid-15c., from Anglo-French cupidite, Middle French cupidité, from Latin cupiditatem (nominative cupiditas) "passionate desire, lust; ambition," from cupidus "eager, passionate," from cupere "to desire" (perhaps cognate with Sanskrit kupyati "bubbles up, becomes agitated," Old Church Slavonic kypeti "to boil," Lithuanian kupeti "to boil over"). Despite the primarily erotic sense of the Latin word, in English cupidity originally, and still especially, means "desire for wealth." |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (对财富的过度的)贪婪 = avarice = greed = covetousness 【记】Cupid(n 爱神丘比特)具有对爱的贪婪cup杯子, id读: 一滴: 杯子里就一滴水了你还喝, 太贪婪了吧! 【参】covet(v 垂涎; 觊觎); |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】Cupid 丘比特，拿着弓箭，有两个翅膀的小男孩；爱神；情欲与贪欲 【相关】covetcovet 垂涎, 觊觎, avarice 贪财, 贪婪, greed 贪婪, lust 欲望 |
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