基本释义
adj. 雇佣的；唯利是图的
n. 雇佣兵；唯利是图者
星级词汇
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英文词源
mercenary 只为金钱的，雇佣兵
来自拉丁语mercari,交易，买卖，词源同market.引申词义买卖的，花钱雇的，词义贬义化，用于指只为金钱的人，最后特用于指雇佣兵。
常见短语
- Hire a mercenary: 雇佣雇佣兵
- Mercenary soldiers: 雇佣兵士
- Mercenary forces: 雇佣军队
- Mercenary warfare: 雇佣兵战争
- Mercenary company: 雇佣兵公司
- Mercenary recruitment: 雇佣兵招募
- Mercenary contracts: 雇佣兵合同
- Mercenary deployment: 雇佣兵部署
- Mercenary activities: 雇佣兵活动
- Mercenary operations: 雇佣兵行动
- Mercenary tactics: 雇佣兵战术
- Mercenary services: 雇佣兵服务
- Mercenary missions: 雇佣兵任务
- Mercenary support: 雇佣兵支持
- Mercenary presence: 雇佣兵存在
- Mercenary intervention: 雇佣兵干涉
- Mercenary warfare: 雇佣兵战争
- Mercenary mindset: 雇佣兵心态
- Mercenary motivations: 雇佣兵动机
- Mercenary industry: 雇佣兵产业
深度学习
mercenary (MER sin err ee) As a noun, this word refers to a profes-sional soldier, one who fights for pay for any country. As an adjective, it describes any “just for money” motive.
- Thousands of Hessian soldiers from north Germany were sold to England to fight as mercenaries against the rebellious colonists in America.
- When Rosa asked Raoul how much his summer internship paid, he snapped, “Don’t be so mercenary. I’m doing it for the experience.”
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
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雇佣兵（MER sin erree）作为一个名词，这个词指的是职业军人，为任何国家的工资而战。作为一个形容词，它描述了任何“仅仅为了钱”的动机。
数千名来自德国北部的黑森士兵被卖到英国，作为雇佣兵对抗美国反叛的殖民者。
当罗莎问拉乌尔暑期实习的工资是多少时，他厉声说道：“别那么唯利是图，我是为了体验。”
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