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mercenary    音標拼音: [m'ɚsən,ɛri]
n. 雇來的人,傭兵
a. 為錢而工作的,被雇的,圖利的

雇來的人,傭兵為錢而工作的,被雇的,圖利的

mercenary
adj 1: marked by materialism [synonym: {materialistic}, {mercenary},
{worldly-minded}]
2: serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers"
[synonym: {mercenary(a)}, {free-lance(a)}, {freelance(a)}]
3: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile
and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary
enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [synonym: {mercantile},
{mercenary}, {moneymaking(a)}]
n 1: a person hired to fight for another country than their own
[synonym: {mercenary}, {soldier of fortune}]

Mercenary \Mer"ce*na*ry\, a. [OE. mercenarie, F. mercenaire, fr.
L. mercenarius, fr. merces wages, reward. See {Mercy}.]
1. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling;
venal; as, mercenary soldiers.
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2. Hence: Moved primarily by considerations of pay or profit;
greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. --Shak.
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For God forbid I should my papers blot
With mercenary lines, with servile pen. --Daniel.
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Syn: See {Venal}.
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Mercenary \Mer"ce*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Mercenaries}.
One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired
into foreign service. --Milman.
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85 Moby Thesaurus words for "mercenary":
a hog for, acquisitive, adventurer, all-devouring, assistant,
avaricious, avid, bottomless, bought, bribable, chartered,
condottiere, corrupt, corruptible, coveting, covetous, devouring,
drudge, employed, employee, esurient, free lance, girl Friday,
gluttonous, gobbling, grabby, grasping, greedy, grub, grubber, gun,
gunman, hack, hired, hired gun, hired hand, hired killer,
hired man, hireling, hoggish, insatiable, insatiate, leased, let,
limitless, man Friday, miserly, money-hungry, money-mad, myrmidon,
omnivorous, on the take, overgreedy, paid, pensioner, piggish,
predatory, professional killer, purchasable, quenchless, rapacious,
ravening, ravenous, rented, right-hand man, slakeless, slavey,
soldier of fortune, sordid, subleased, sublet, swinish,
unappeasable, unappeased, unethical, unprincipled, unquenchable,
unsated, unsatisfied, unscrupulous, unslakeable, unslaked, venal,
voracious, worker

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