It certainly was not worth while to throw a veil of innocence over such palpable human cupidity. 要在这么露骨的人类的贪婪性之上加以无辜的面网,也当然是不值得的。
I never saw such an expression of cupidity as the flickering lamp revealed in those two countenances. 跳动的灯光照亮了那两张脸,我从没在人的脸上看到过那种贪婪的表情。
Fascination with this ideal has made Americans defy the “Old World” categories of settled possessiveness versus unsettling deprivation, the cupidity of retention versus the cupidity of seizure, a “ 醉心于上述理念,美国人否定“旧世界”,他们以无序的攫取代替既定的拥有,以占有的欲望侵蚀守成的贪婪,这构成一个互相攻守的现状。
cupidity
[ noun ] extreme greed for material wealth <noun.attribute>
Cupidity \Cu*pid"i*ty\ (k?-p?d"?-t?), n. [F. cupidite, L. cupiditas, fr. cupidus longing, desiring, fr. cupere to long for, desire. See {Covet}.] 1. A passionate desire; love. [Obs.]
2. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
With the feelings of political distrust were mingled those of cupidity and envy, as the Spaniard saw the fairest provinces of the south still in the hands of the accursed race of Ishmael. --Prescott.