mercenary 音标拼音: [m'ɚsən
, ɛri]
n . 雇来的人,佣兵
a . 为钱而工作的,被雇的,图利的
雇来的人,佣兵为钱而工作的,被雇的,图利的
mercenary adj 1 :
marked by materialism [
synonym : {
materialistic }, {
mercenary },
{
worldly -
minded }]
2 :
serving for wages in a foreign army ; "
mercenary killers "
[
synonym : {
mercenary (
a )}, {
free -
lance (
a )}, {
freelance (
a )}]
3 :
profit oriented ; "
a commercial book "; "
preached a mercantile and militant patriotism "-
John Buchan ; "
a mercenary enterprise "; "
a moneymaking business " [
synonym : {
mercantile },
{
mercenary }, {
moneymaking (
a )}]
n 1 :
a person hired to fight for another country than their own [
synonym : {
mercenary }, {
soldier of fortune }]
Mercenary \
Mer "
ce *
na *
ry \,
a . [
OE .
mercenarie ,
F .
mercenaire ,
fr .
L .
mercenarius ,
fr .
merces wages ,
reward .
See {
Mercy }.]
1 .
Acting for reward ;
serving for pay ;
paid ;
hired ;
hireling ;
venal ;
as ,
mercenary soldiers .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence :
Moved primarily by considerations of pay or profit ;
greedy of gain ;
sordid ;
selfish . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines ,
with servile pen . --
Daniel .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
See {
Venal }.
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1913 Webster ]
Mercenary \
Mer "
ce *
na *
ry \,
n .;
pl . {
Mercenaries }.
One who is hired ;
a hireling ;
especially ,
a soldier hired into foreign service . --
Milman .
[
1913 Webster ]
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mercenary ":
a hog for ,
acquisitive ,
adventurer ,
all -
devouring ,
assistant ,
avaricious ,
avid ,
bottomless ,
bought ,
bribable ,
chartered ,
condottiere ,
corrupt ,
corruptible ,
coveting ,
covetous ,
devouring ,
drudge ,
employed ,
employee ,
esurient ,
free lance ,
girl Friday ,
gluttonous ,
gobbling ,
grabby ,
grasping ,
greedy ,
grub ,
grubber ,
gun ,
gunman ,
hack ,
hired ,
hired gun ,
hired hand ,
hired killer ,
hired man ,
hireling ,
hoggish ,
insatiable ,
insatiate ,
leased ,
let ,
limitless ,
man Friday ,
miserly ,
money -
hungry ,
money -
mad ,
myrmidon ,
omnivorous ,
on the take ,
overgreedy ,
paid ,
pensioner ,
piggish ,
predatory ,
professional killer ,
purchasable ,
quenchless ,
rapacious ,
ravening ,
ravenous ,
rented ,
right -
hand man ,
slakeless ,
slavey ,
soldier of fortune ,
sordid ,
subleased ,
sublet ,
swinish ,
unappeasable ,
unappeased ,
unethical ,
unprincipled ,
unquenchable ,
unsated ,
unsatisfied ,
unscrupulous ,
unslakeable ,
unslaked ,
venal ,
voracious ,
worker
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