venal

venal什么意思,venal翻译

基本解释

adj.: 贪赃枉法的；见利忘义的
网络: 贪污的；唯利是图的；贪财的

权威解释

• 贪赃枉法的；见利忘义的:

  prepared to do dishonest or immoral things in return for money

英汉解释

• (地位、选票等)可用金钱得来的,能收买的

• (人等)贪财的,贪污的,腐败的

• 贪财的;贪污腐败的,唯利是图的,以金钱去购买

同义词

adj.corruptiblemercenarybribablebentunprincipled

反义词

adj.honestaboveboard

例句

• His generous investment of Libyan oil revenues around the continent, of course, was a more venal inducement to African fealty.

  当然，他大方将利比亚石油开采收入投资到非洲各地是一个充满腐败的诱惑，意图得到非洲国家的支持。

• But the DPJ has lost traction, caught up in money scandals reminiscent of the venal era of LDP rule.

  然而，日本民主党渐渐失去斗志，陷入金钱丑闻难以自拔，让人不禁联想起自民党执政期间同样腐败的时代。

• Does he really want to turn control of healthcare half the time over to a group that he considers stupid and venal ?

  那么，他是不是真的愿意让医疗保障控制权的一半时间转交到那个“愚蠢又唯利是图”的团体的手上呢？

• At a time when most of the country"s political leaders are despised as venal, lazy or inept, its senior jurist is held in esteem.

  正当这个国家的政客们身负贪污、懒惰、无能这些骂名之时，这位资深的法学者却深受尊重。

• Mr Annan was not the venal incompetent that some of his critics in America tried to paint him as.

  安南先生并非如一些美国人所批评的那样贪腐无能。

• EVEN before passing through immigration into Indonesia, you may fall prey to the venal flair of its bureaucrats.

  在通过入境检查进入印尼之前，你可能已落入官僚腐败的陷阱。

• Like the rest of us, they are ignorant, partial, venal and vain.

  与我们这些凡人一样，他们无知、片面、见利忘义，还爱慕虚荣。

• Fourth, consummates the punishment mechanism, enlarges to the commercial venal practices attack dynamics.

  四是完善惩处机制，加大对商业贿赂行为的打击力度。

• I never intimidate ordinary folks. I only intimidate those venal officials.

  我从来不吓唬老百姓，只吓唬那些贪官污吏。

• The officers are venal, violent and incompetent, systematically pilfering the soldiers" rations.

  军官们贪污、狂暴与无能，处心积虑地盗窃给战士们分发的粮食。