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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   mercenary

   • IPA[ˈmərsənˌerē]

   美式

   • adj.
     primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics
   • n.
     a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army；a person primarily concerned with material reward at the expense of ethics

   • noun: mercenary, plural noun: mercenaries

2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics the crime was committed out of mercenary motives society today is often accused of being too mercenary 同義詞 money-oriented, grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, ... 更多covetous, rapacious, bribable, venal, materialistic, informalmoney-grubbing反義詞 altruistic, philanthropic

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army he had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries
   • ▪ a person primarily concerned with material reward at the expense of ethics the sport's most infamous mercenary