1630s, "owned through acquisition," from Latin acquisit-, past participle stem of acquirere (see acquisition) + -ive. Meaning "given to acquisition, avaricious" is from 1826 (implied in acquisitiveness). Related: Acquisitively (1590s).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
最貪得無(wú)厭的公司往往是工程隊(duì)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed.
在一個(gè)貪婪的社會(huì)里,貪財(cái)是自私自利的突出表現(xiàn)形式.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. We live in an acquisitive society.
我們生活在一個(gè)物欲橫流的社會(huì)。
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. They're the by - product of an acquisitive society , refuse, that's all.
他們是一個(gè)貪婪的社會(huì)的 副產(chǎn)品, 是些渣滓而已.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. Its inhabitants , by nature acquisitive and cautious, economical, tenacious, had learnt to worship the word'smart ".