柯林斯詞典mercenary /?m??s?n?r?/ (mercenaries) 1. N-COUNT A mercenary is a soldier who is paid to fight by a country or group that they do not belong to. 雇傭兵 ...the recruitment of foreign mercenaries. …對外籍雇傭兵的招募。2. ADJ If you describe someone as mercenary, 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. 惟利是圖的[表不滿] "I hate to sound mercenary," Labane said, "but am I getting paid to be in this play of yours?" “我不愿讓自己聽起來惟利是圖,”拉班說:“但是參與你這出戲演出我會得到報酬嗎?” 返回 mercenary劍橋詞典interested only in the amount of money that you can get from a situation 唯利是圖的,貪財?shù)? He had some mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow . 他有個貪財?shù)挠媱潱肴€有錢的寡婦。 返回 mercenary