mercenary
- IPA[ˈməːs(ɪ)n(ə)ri]
英式
- primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics
- a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army；a person primarily motivated by personal gain
noun: mercenary, plural noun: mercenaries
- 釋義
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 反義詞
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 motivated by personal gain cricket's most infamous mercenary
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- IPA[ˈmərsənˌerē]
美式
- 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
- a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army: he had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries
Oxford American Dictionary
