mercenary

英 [ˈmɜːsənəri]

美 [ˈmɜːrsəneri]

n.  雇佣兵
adj.  只为金钱的

复数：mercenaries　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.15091 / COCA.14838

牛津词典

noun

• 雇佣兵
  a soldier who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
  1. foreign mercenaries
     外国雇佣兵
  2. mercenary soldiers
     雇佣兵

adj.

• 只为金钱的
  only interested in making or getting money
  1. a mercenary society/attitude
     唯利是图的社会 / 态度
  2. She's interested in him for purely mercenary reasons.
     她对他感兴趣完全是为了贪图金钱。

柯林斯词典

• (外籍)雇佣兵
  Amercenaryis a soldier who is paid to fight by a country or group that they do not belong to.
• 唯利是图的;见钱眼开的
  If you describe someone asmercenary, you are criticizing them because you think that they are only interested in the money that they can get from a particular person or situation.

双语例句

• Arranged or mercenary marriage and any other acts of interference with the freedom of marriage are forbidden.
  包办、买卖婚姻和其他任何干涉婚姻自由的行为都是被禁止的。
• Your friend is quite a mercenary. I wonder if he really cares about anything.
  你的朋友，好个佣兵我看他不关心任何事。
• I always considered him calculating and mercenary and did my best to avoid him.
  我一向认为他这个人工于心计又唯利是图，所以总是尽力设法避开他。
• You sold it? That was a pretty mercenary thing to do!
  你把它卖了？你真是太爱钱了！
• The Song Dynasty established the Mercenary System, and carried out the policy of raising army.
  宋代确立了募兵制度，实行养兵政策。
• This chick's a mercenary.
  这女人可惟利是图了。
• A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin.
  一个雇佣兵卷入了一个任务，完成与否关系到他的亲人的安危。
• French mercenary scalps Cuban soldiers and a mysterious woman bewitches all three protagonists and others, too.
  法国雇佣兵杀害古巴兵和一个谜一样的女人吸引了书中的三位主角以及其他人。
• Marauder is an outlaw or mercenary paid or sustained by looting.
  依靠掠夺发财（或谋生）的亡命之徒（或雇佣兵）。
• He has a mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow.
  他有个贪财的企图，去和一个有钱的寡妇结婚。