| 单词 | venal |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['vi:nl] |
| 解释 | a.惟利是图的，贪赃枉法的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.惟利是图的，贪 赃枉法的(characteri zed by or associated with corrupt bribery) 【考】 disinterested : partisanship / venal : probity(党派偏见不会公正/ 正直不会贪污)反义词：incorruptib le(廉洁的); unsusceptible of bribery(不怀疑受贿 的) 【同】 派生词: venality (n.惟利是图) 【例】 These political leaders were both venal and incompetent. |
| 字源 | venal (adj.) 1650s, "capable of being obtained for a price; that can be corrupted;" 1660s, "offered for sale," from French vénal, Old French venel "for sale" (of prostitutes, etc.; 12c.), from Latin venalis "for sale, to be sold; capable of being bribed," from venum (nominative *venus) "for sale," from PIE root *wes- (1) "to buy, sell" (cognates: Sanskrit vasnah "purchase money," vasnam "reward," vasnayati "he bargains, haggles;" Greek onos "price paid, purchase," oneisthai "to buy"). Typically with a bad sense of "ready to sell one's services or influence for money and from sordid motives; to be bought basely or meanly." |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 贪赃枉法的; 受贿的(为了金钱背弃荣誉、责任或顾虑的) 【记】ven = wen吻, al = all: 吻了所有人是因为受了他们的贿赂. 【类】disinterested: partisanship = venal: probity党派偏见不会公正的 = 正直不会贪污的 【反】incorruptible(adj 廉洁的); unsusceptible of bribery(不怀疑受贿的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：惟诺，惟惟诺诺的人总是赢合上司，最易卷入贪污腐败，所以一贪就是从上到下全贪；音：歪脑，总动歪脑筋，想怎么索贿授贿；governor统治者 go + vernal 不少管理者有这个特点 |
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